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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a lively and inspired biography celebrating the master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Jerome Robbins"A compact and incisive portrait of the great dancer and choreographer."Kirkus Reviews"This brisk biography . . . is light and bright, utterly persuaded by its subject and intoxicatingly in love with movement."Helen Shaw, New York Times Book Review Jerome Robbins (19181998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins. He went on to become a choreographer and director who worked in ballet, on Broadway, and in film. His stage productions include West Side Story, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. In this deft biography, Wendy Lesser presents Jerome Robbinss life through his major dances, providing a sympathetic, detailed portrait of her subject.About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.More praise for Jewish Lives: "Excellent" New York Times "Exemplary" Wall Street Journal "Distinguished" New Yorker "Superb" The Guardian A lively and inspired biography celebrating the centennial of this master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780300197594
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a lively and inspired biography celebrating the master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Jerome Robbins"A compact and incisive portrait of the great dancer and choreographer."Kirkus Reviews"This brisk biography . . . is light and bright, utterly persuaded by its subject and intoxicatingly in love with movement."Helen Shaw, New York Times Book Review Jerome Robbins (19181998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins. He went on to become a choreographer and director who worked in ballet, on Broadway, and in film. His stage productions include West Side Story, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. In this deft biography, Wendy Lesser presents Jerome Robbinss life through his major dances, providing a sympathetic, detailed portrait of her subject.About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.More praise for Jewish Lives: "Excellent" New York Times "Exemplary" Wall Street Journal "Distinguished" New Yorker "Superb" The Guardian A lively and inspired biography celebrating the centennial of this master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780300197594