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1) Match
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a husband and wife interested in dance during the 1960s visit a former choreographer, he is forced to face his past.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
"Based on director Bob Fosse's own extravagant life, this vibrant and spectacular film follows Fosse's alter ego. Joe Gideon in his relentless pursuit of sex, drugs and self-destruction. His womanizing both supports and debilitates him as he juggles his mistress, ex-wife and beloved daughter. Hovering over all of his excess is an angel. The proceedings are set amid rapturous dream sequences, lavish production numbers and fabulous sets."--Container....
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Description
Presents the life and career of the legendary Russian dancer and choreographer, describing his famous roles, his relationship with Sergei Diaghilev, director of the Ballets Russes, and his descent into mental illness in later life.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
675 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Chronicles the life of choreographer and Broadway legend Jerome Robbins, discussing his Jewish roots, childhood, personal life, career achievements, lifestyle, and other related topics.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxv, 661 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Description
"La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer. Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of twentieth-century neoclassicism, she experienced the transformative power of the Russian Revolution and created her greatest work--Les noces--under the influence of its avant-garde. Many of her ballets rested on...
Author
Formats
Description
"For the first time, the choreographer of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Björk and many others reveals stage stories through his extraordinary journey. Vincent Paterson began his professional dancing career late in life. It would take an exceptional turn whenhe became one of the lead dancers in Michael Jackson's Beat It music video. Through hard work, he rises to the rank of choreographer and director for the world's greatest singers, but also for cinema...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"The New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century. His radical approach tochoreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly imaginative ballets made him a legend. Yet, Balanchine's life was as dramatic as his art, coinciding with some of the biggest historical events...
10) All that jazz
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Musical based on the life of director Fosse, celebrating show business yet stripping it of all the glitter.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xi, 189 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
The only four-time champion of the hit ABC reality show "Dancing with the Stars" shares the lessons he has learned on and off the dance floor that helped him embrace and overcome daily challenges, along with behind-the-scenes stories from the show.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
39 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
"An illustrated biography of Savion Glover, tap dancer and choreographer, that shows how his love of music, dance, and self-expression as a young boy sets him on the path to change how people see tap dancing"--
13) Cunningham
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at the career of dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham.
14) Pina
Series
Criterion collection volume 644
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The boundless imagination and physical marvels of the work of the German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch leap off the screen in this tribute by Wim Wenders. Shot in 3D, it is a remarkable visual experience and a vivid representation of Bausch's art, enacted by a group of talented dancers from her company.
15) Mr. Gaga
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by other dance techniques. ... Mr. Gaga explores how Naharin's...
16) Fosse/Verdon
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 402 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bob Fosse is a visionary filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors. Gwen Verdon is the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Fosse/Verdon will tell the story of these two brilliant, complicated individuals and the love they shared, the art they created, and the price they paid in the pursuit of greatness.
17) Fosse
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to 'Billy Jean' to Beyonce's moves in the 'Single ladies' video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, ... cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago,...
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