Days on Earth

Days on Earth
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0822313464
ISBN-13 : 9780822313465
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Book Synopsis Days on Earth by : Marcia B. Siegel

Download or read book Days on Earth written by Marcia B. Siegel and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, Days on Earth--originally published in 1988 (Yale University Press)--traces the dance career and artistic development of one of the founders of American modern dance. In this biography of dance pioneer Doris Humphrey, Marcia B. Siegel follows Humphrey's career from her days with the Denishawn Company (among fellos students like Martha Graham) to her creative partnership with Charles Weidman to her tenure as artistic director of protégé José Limon's dance company. Siegel's reconsideration and description of Humphrey's dances, including many that are no longer performed, sheds important light on this pathbreaking dancer/choreographer.


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