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Author : Tony Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Films of Gene Kelly, Song and Dance Man written by Tony Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Thomas
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Films of Gene Kelly, Song and Dance Man written by Tony Thomas and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1974 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanine Basinger
Publisher : Jove Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Gene Kelly written by Jeanine Basinger and published by Jove Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Singin' in the Rain written by Earl J. Hess and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title combines prose with scholarship to provide the complete inside story of how 'Singin' in the Rain' was made, marketed, and received.
Author : Clive Hirschhorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789100033217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Gene Kelly: a Biography written by Clive Hirschhorn and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Eiss
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443852880
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Mythology of Dance written by Harry Eiss and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lights dim and soon the theatre becomes dark. The audience conversations end with a few softly dissipating whispers, and the movie begins. Nina Sayers, a young ballerina, dances the prologue to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, a ballet expressing a story drawn from Russian folk tales about a princess who has been turned into a White Swan and can only be turned back if a man swears eternal fidelity to her. However, this is not that ballet. This is the beginning of Black Swan, a controversial movie employing symbolism in a complex interweaving of dance and film to reveal the struggles and paradoxes of everything from a female rite-of-passage to questions about where artistic expression should demand self-sacrifice and whether such sacrifice is worth the price. The dance floor is the stage of life, the place where physical actions take on the symbolic meanings of mythology and express the deepest archetypes of the human mind. This book explores how dance gives shape to those human needs and how it reflects, and even creates, the maps of meaning and value that structure our lives. Though the volume looks at all the forms of dance, it focuses on three main categories in particular: religious, social, and artistic. Since the American Musical and subsequent Musical Videos have both reflected and influenced our current world, they receive the most space—such acclaimed performers as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, such important composers and lyrists as Gershwin, Rodgers-and-Hammerstein, Porter, Berlin, Webber, Bernstein, the Beatles, and the Who, and such choreographers as Graham, Balanchine, Robbins and Fosse are examined in particular detail.
Author : Cynthia Brideson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813169347
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (693 download)
Download or read book He's Got Rhythm written by Cynthia Brideson and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm. One of the most influential and respected entertainers of Hollywood's golden age, Gene Kelly revolutionized film musicals with his innovative and timeless choreography. A would-be baseball player and one-time law student, Kelly captured the nation's imagination in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), and Singin' in the Rain (1952). In the first comprehensive biography written since the legendary star's death, authors Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson disclose new details of Kelly's complex life. Not only do they examine his contributions to the world of entertainment in depth, but they also consider his political activities -- including his opposition to the Hollywood blacklist. The authors even confront Kelly's darker side and explore his notorious competitive streak, his tendency to be a taskmaster on set, and his multiple marriages. Drawing on previously untapped articles and interviews with Kelly's wives, friends, and colleagues, Brideson and Brideson illuminate new and unexpected aspects of the actor's life and work. He's Got Rhythm is a balanced and compelling view of one of the screen's enduring legends.
Author : Tony Thomas
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780863695209
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (952 download)
Download or read book The Films of Gene Kelly, Song and Dance Man written by Tony Thomas and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A film biography of one of the greatest figures in Hollywood musical history which covers films such as Singin' in the Rain, For Me and My Girl and An American in Paris. The author has also written The Films of Kirk Douglas.
Author : Brian Seibert
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429947616
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book What the Eye Hears written by Brian Seibert and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms—along with jazz and musical comedy—created in America. Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Winner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award An Economist Best Book of 2015 What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap’s origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing and dances brought from Africa by slaves. He tracks tap’s transfer to the stage through blackface minstrelsy and charts its growth as a cousin to jazz in the vaudeville circuits. Seibert chronicles tap’s spread to ubiquity on Broadway and in Hollywood, analyzes its decline after World War II, and celebrates its rediscovery and reinvention by new generations of American and international performers. In the process, we discover how the history of tap dancing is central to any meaningful account of American popular culture. This is a story with a huge cast of characters, from Master Juba through Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly and Paul Draper to Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Seibert traces the stylistic development of tap through individual practitioners and illuminates the cultural exchange between blacks and whites, the interplay of imitation and theft, as well as the moving story of African Americans in show business, wielding enormous influence as they grapple with the pain and pride of a complicated legacy. What the Eye Hears teaches us to see and hear the entire history of tap in its every step. “Tap is America’s great contribution to dance, and Brian Seibert’s book gives us—at last!—a full-scale (and lively) history of its roots, its development, and its glorious achievements. An essential book!” —Robert Gottlieb, dance critic for The New York Observer and editor of Reading Dance “What the Eye Hears not only tells you all you wanted to know about tap dancing; it tells you what you never realized you needed to know. . . . And he recounts all this in an easygoing style, providing vibrant descriptions of the dancing itself and illuminating commentary by those masters who could make a floor sing.” —Deborah Jowitt, author of Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance and Time and the Dancing Image
Author : Todd Decker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520950062
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Music Makes Me written by Todd Decker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Astaire: one of the great jazz artists of the twentieth century? Astaire is best known for his brilliant dancing in the movie musicals of the 1930s, but in Music Makes Me, Todd Decker argues that Astaire’s work as a dancer and choreographer —particularly in the realm of tap dancing—made a significant contribution to the art of jazz. Decker examines the full range of Astaire’s work in filmed and recorded media, from a 1926 recording with George Gershwin to his 1970 blues stylings on television, and analyzes Astaire’s creative relationships with the greats, including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Johnny Mercer. He also highlights Astaire’s collaborations with African American musicians and his work with lesser known professionals—arrangers, musicians, dance directors, and performers.
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700630171
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Gene Kelly written by Earl J. Hess and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912–1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals, especially Singin’ in the Rain. But dancing, however extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts. This book, for the first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually was—dancer, yes, but also choreographer, actor, clown, singer, director, teacher, and mentor. Kelly was star of radio and television as well as film, avant-garde as artist and auteur but also ahead of the curve in opening the world of dance to differences of race, ethnicity, and gender. Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend takes us from Kelly’s youth in Depression-era Pittsburgh through his years on Broadway and ascendance to stardom in Hollywood. Authors Hess and Dabholkar pay particular attention to his work with the US Navy, solo directing, and lesser-known but considerable accomplishments in television, radio, and on the stage in later years. The book gives us a rare inside look at Kelly’s relationships with dancing partners and peers from Leslie Caron, Vera-Ellen, and Cyd Charisse to Fred Astaire, and at his directorial collaboration with Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli; and at his solo directing. The authors show us significant but little-examined facets of Kelly’s character and career, such as the political convictions that got him graylisted in Hollywood; his passion for creating cine-dance and serving as an ambassador of dance in America; and his forging of links between dance, civil rights, and the “common man.” Steeped in research and replete with photographs, this career biography uniquely encompasses all phases of Gene Kelly’s life and work—and finally gives us a full portrait of this central figure in the history of the film musical during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Author : Philip Furia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135471924
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)
Download or read book America's Songs written by Philip Furia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America'sSongs will make for fascinating reading.
Author : Larry Billman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Film Choreographers and Dance Directors written by Larry Billman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1997 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive reference work to 970 choreographers and dance directors who worked in nearly 3,500 films. For each, there is a vital biography, a description of their choreographic style, a listing of their stage, television, music video, nightclub and concert credits, and a listing of the movies they choreographed. A decade-by-decade history of dance on film and a filmography of choreographically important works in each decade are included.
Author : Beth Genné
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195382188
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Dance Me a Song written by Beth Genné and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of famous Hollywood collaborations as the palimpsest of dance, film, and musical techniques were developed over time. Provides lively and necessary scholarship for all dance enthusiasts
Author : Betsy Blair
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Memory of All that written by Betsy Blair and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2003 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Academy Award-nominated actress and wife of Gene Kelly traces her life from her experiences as a teenage dancer in the 1930s, to a child bride of a Hollywood star, to an accomplished actress in Europe.
Author : Fred Astaire
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061567566
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Steps in Time written by Fred Astaire and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth century—singer, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion pictures—Fred Astaire was the epitome of charm, grace, and suave sophistication, with a style all his own and a complete disregard for the laws of gravity. Steps in Time is Astaire's story in his own words, a memoir as beguiling, exuberant, and enthralling as the great artist himself, the man ballet legends George Balanchine and Rudolf Nureyev cited as, hands down, the century's greatest dancer. From his debut in vaudeville at age six through his remarkable career as the star of many of the most popular Hollywood musicals ever captured on celluloid, Steps in Time celebrates the golden age of entertainment and its royalty, as seen through the eyes of the era's affable and adored prince. Illustrated with more than forty rare photographs from the author's personal collection, here is Astaire in all his debonair glory—his life, his times, his movies, and, above all, his magical screen appearances and enduring friendship with the most beloved of all his dancing partners, Ginger Rogers.
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