Birds Eye View: Dancing with Martha Graham and on Broadway
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With a foreword by Marcia B. Siegel In 1930, seventeen-year-old Dorothy Bird from Victoria, British Columbia, was sent to study dance at the Cornish School in Seattle. There she was totally captivated by Martha Graham, who, at the end of summer, invited Dorothy to study with her at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Dorothy debuted with the Graham Group in 1931 in Primitive Mysteries, and was a company member and Graham's demonstrator...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822939800
ISBN13:9780822939801
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 8.8"
Customer Reviews
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Well written story of an exquisite dancer-simply beautiful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Dorthy Bird was a gifted dancer, and with Joyce Greenberg's assistance the reader is given extraordinary insight into the world of Martha Graham. Ms. Greenberg captures the exquisite world of modern dance and the life of a beautiful person, Dorothy Bird.. Brian Lamb should interview her on Booknotes.
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