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Star-studded musical biography of Jerome Kern with great song numbers featurning some of MGM's finest talent. "How d'ya like to spoon with me?", "Whys was I born?","Look for the silver lining" ... Read more

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What is the Best Surprise Ending for a movie? the Best KissingScene? Dale Thomajan, a free-lance writer whose pieces have appearedin both Spy and The Village Voice, has created a book of his"opinions" for the serious film aficionado as well as the casualmoviegoer. Photographs. ... Read more

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Not many people would have the wit to come up with a category like "best musical not to involve Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, or Vincente Minnelli," and even fewer would have the good judgment toselect "Good News" as the winner.Witty, insightful,provocative, and at times quirky, this led me to rewatch some old favoriteswith renewed appreciation and to seek out some I had missed. ... Read more

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Chapters: Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Cyd Charisse, Alicia Markova, Mathilde Kschessinska, Lydia Lopokova, Five Moons, Ida Rubinstein, Tamara Karsavina, Vera Karalli, Michel Fokine, Moscelyne Larkin, Tamara Toumanova, Léonide Massine, André Eglevsky, Mia Čorak Slavenska, Anton Dolin, Genia Melikova, Serge Lifar, Marina Svetlova, Felia Doubrovska, Pierre Vladimiroff, Mikhail Mordkin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 91. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (French transcription; Polish: ; Russian: / Vaslav Fomich Nizhinskiy; March 12, 1890 - April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent. He grew to be celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. He could perform en pointe, a rare skill among male dancers at the time (Albright, 2004) and his ability to perform seemingly gravity-defying leaps was also legendary. The choreographer Bronislava Nijinska was his sister. Vaslav Nijinsky in Sheherazade.Vaslav Nijinsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine as Wacaw Niyski, to ethnic Polish parents, dancers Tomasz Niyski and Eleonora Bereda. Nijinsky was christened in Warsaw, and considered himself to be a Pole despite difficulties in properly speaking the language as a result of his childhood in Russia's interior where his parents worked. In a letter to a friend, Nijinsky wrote "My mother gave me milk and the Polish language, which is why I am a Pole. (...) I can not speak it well because I was not allowed to speak it". Polish was purportedly also the only language the famed ballet star would ever pray in. In 1900 Nijinsky joined the Imperial Ballet School, where he studied under Enrico Cecchetti, Nikolai Legat, and Pavel Gerdt. At 18 years old he was given a string of leads. In 1910, the company's Prim...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63148 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 519 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Anniversary gallery hollywood covers.(Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn and Gene Kelly)
Author: Emily Macel
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 81Issue: 5Page: 18(1)

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 960 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In the American vein: a sheat of recent books and DVDs.(DANCE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS)(Merce Cunningham: The Modernizing of Modern Dance)(Performance: Live Art Since the 60s)(Speaking of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on Their Craft)(books)(Trisha Brown: Early Works 1966-1979)(The Bandwagon)(DVD's)(Movie Review)(Book Review)
Author: Allan Ulrich
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 79Issue: 7Page: 50(3)

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circa 1955 paperback program. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and one two-page color photograph. ... Read more