How they became famous dancers
Subtitle: a dancing history
By: Anne Dunkin ; cover design and book layout, Jonathan Cashatt ; illustrations, Christy Little
Contributors: Little, Christy (Illustrator) illustrator; Cashatt, Jonathan, book designer
Edition: [Color version].
Publisher: [Create Space Independent Publishing Platform]
Published: 2015
Place of publication: North Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9781508859024
Subjects: Dance; Juvenile literature; History; Study and teaching (Elementary); Study and teaching (Secondary); JUVENILE NONFICTION; General; Biography & Autobiography
Description: How They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing History for young readers tells the story of twelve dancers--six women and six men--who became famous, some against all odds. Coming from different parts of the world (France, Hungary, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, Trinidad, and the United States) and displaying a variety of physical sizes, body shapes, and skin colors, their lives spanned the seventeenth into the twenty-first centuries. Placed in chronological order, each biographical sketch mirrors the subject's historical and cultural context. Featured dancers are: Louis XIV, John Durang, Marie Taglioni, William Henry 'Juba' Lane, Anna Pavlova, Rudolf Laban, Doris Humphrey, Michio Ito, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pearl Primus, Amalia Hernández, and Arthur Mitchell. Each chapter includes "Create a Dance" giving readers the opportunity to try out each dancer's style.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Subjects' Birth Site Map; title: Louis XIV-(1638-1715)-Dancing Sun King; title: John Durang-(1768-1822)-Champion Hornpipe Dance Dancer; title: Marie Taglioni-(1804-1884)-Floating in Midair; title: William Henry "Juba" Lane-(1825-1852)-Lightning Legs, Tapping Feet; title: Anna Pavlova-(1881-1931)-Dance Ambassador to the World; title: Rudolf Laban-(1879-1958)-Reading and Writing Dancing; title: Doris Humphrey-(1895-1958)-Modern Dance Missionary; title: Michio Ito-(1893-1961)-East and West Dancing together; title: Mrinalini Sarabhai-(1918-2016)-Turning Old into New; title: Pearl Primus-(1919-1994)-"Earth Dancer"; title: Amalia Hernández-(1917-2000)-Celebrating History; title: Arthur Miller-(1934- )-Reaching Beyond the Norm.