Dancing lives
Subtitle: five female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham
By: Karen Eliot.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252032509
Subjects: Ballerinas -- Biography; Women dancers -- Biography; Ballet -- History; Modern dance -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Giovanna Baccelli, an object of lustrous beauty; title: Adle Dumiltre, misty rows of gauzy women; title: Tamara Karsavina, alighting from the air; title: Moira Shearer, a fierce resolve, a steely strength and a fragile, porcelain beauty; title: Catherine Kerr, sticking to the dancing; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: Illustrations.