Legends of American Dance and Choreography (Collective Biographies)

Ford, Carin T.

ISBN 10: 0766013782 ISBN 13: 9780766013780

Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Profiles ten influential and dedicated dancers and choreographers who worked in America, including Martha Graham, Fred Astaire, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

About this title

From the Author:

I regarded reading nonfiction as the worst form of torture when I was young. To me, the word "nonfiction" meant dull, dry, and boring. My goal while I was writing this book was to make it not only informative, but fun to read. The story of each dancer unfolds just as it might in a novel. There are lots of anecdotes, lots of quotes. I think readers will find the book as enjoyable to read as it was to research. After all, how else would I have learned that Fred Astaire used to rehearse up to 18 hours a day for several weeks, sometimes losing 15 pounds and leaving his partners' shoes caked with blood, before he was satisfied with a single dance routine?

About the Author:

Carin T. Ford has been writing professionally for more than twenty years as a journalist, a fiction writer, and a biographer. She began her career as a newspaper reporter. Her short stories have been published in national and international magazines. Ford lives on the East Coast with her husband, their three children, a kitten, and a very tolerant dog.

About this edition

• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0766013782
• ISBN 13: 9780766013780
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112