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- Book Title
- Dance Me a Song : Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly, and the American Film Musical
- Item Length
- 6.4in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2018
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 1in
- Genre
- Music, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Dance / History & Criticism, Dance / General, Genres & Styles / Dance, Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation, Film / History & Criticism
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- 9.5in
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- 27.5 Oz
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- 376 Pages
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Dance Me a Song traces the history of famous Hollywood collaborations as the palimpsest of dance, film, and musical techniques were developed over time. Author Beth Genné draws on the most well-known and influential musical dances of the first half of the century, from the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' series in the thirties (Top Hat, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, and others), through the MGM film dances created and directed by Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, and again Astaire, whose career continued at MGM in the forties and fifties (Yolanda and The Thief, The Pirate, On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Bandwagon). George Balanchine, she argues, also plays an important part in this story, from his until now unrecognized collaborations with Vernon Duke and Vincente Minnelli to develop the "jazz ballet" form on Broadway (The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 and his choreography for On Your Toes, 1936), to the 1939 film version of On Your Toes and the dance sequences he directed with Greg Toland for the Hollywood movie The Goldwyn Follies (1938). Busby Berkeley, whose moving camera techniques according to Gene Kelly "broke down the proscenium frame of the stage" for American dancers, forms a key part of the picture, as do early experimental French directors like René Clair and European immigrants to Hollywood Ernst Lubitsch and Rouben Mamoulian. Dance Me a Song provides lively and necessary scholarship for all dance enthusiasts.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0195382188
ISBN-13
9780195382181
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237033183
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dance Me a Song : Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly, and the American Film Musical
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Dance / History & Criticism, Dance / General, Genres & Styles / Dance, Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Music, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
9.5in
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
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Gv1779.G46 2017
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"Genné's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey"[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement"impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genné is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation]"This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE"What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws newlight not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought livedance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "Genné's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement"impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genné is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation]"This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "Genn's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement "impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Gennis the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation] "This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Gennbrings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "Genné's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement "impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genné is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation] "This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "Genn'e's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement"impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genn'e is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation]"This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement "impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genné is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation] "This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "Genn´e's book will be a welcome volume for scholars interested in the aesthetics of film dance and popular culture, and, in particular, fans of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly will enjoy its many wonderful descriptive details." -- Theatre Survey "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement"impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genn´e is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation]"This entertaining examination of dance on screen and the singular pioneers during the Golden Age of movie musicals provides a fresh angle on this much-studied subject. ... Well researched and handsomely bound, this valuable and richly illustrated book includes a helpful time line of the accomplishments of Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly and a lengthy bibliography for further study of musical films." -- CHOICE "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "impressive! ... She has spent many decades preparing this book and the amount of research is considerable ... Beth Genné is the only author I know who takes into account at the same level, in her analyses, the precision of the choreography, the personality of the performers, the important role of musical arrangers, and the contribution of directors." -- Yann Tobin, Positif [translation] "[A] rich and readable love letter to the Golden Age movie musical" -- Times Literary Supplement "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer, "What this book does is vitally important work in illuminating that uniquely American genre, the movie musical. It shows that the outlaw style of dance at the heart of it was created by freeform borrowings from both so-called highbrow end of the art and so-called lowbrow. In fact, Genné brings together not only styles but artists who don't usually meet in the same book -- like Balanchine and Astaire. With lucid and exuberant prose, she throws new light not only on the great dance-makers like Balanchine, Astaire, Kelly, but on their usually unsung but vital collaborators -- composers, arrangers, assistants, cameramen and a host of others who brought live dance to the big screen." -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer
Table of Content
Introduction: The Choreographer-Director and the Synergy of Music and Moving Image Part I. From Stage to Screen 1. Astaire's Outlaw Style and Its New World Roots 2. Astaire's Roots in Ballroom, Ballet, and Other Forms 3. Old World Meets New World on Broadway: Balanchivadze and Dukelsky Meet the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hart 4. Balanchine in Hollywood: Jazz Ballet for the Camera 5. Dancing with the Camera: Introducing Kelly and Donen Part II. Film-Dance Genres 6. Song and Dance as Courtship 7. Freedom Incarnate: The Dancing Sailor as an Icon of American Values in World War II 8. 'S Wonderful: Euphoric Street Dances 9. Dreaming in Dance: Astaire, Minnelli, Kelly, and Donen and the Cinematic Dance Part III. Making Film Dance 10. Making Film Dance: The Through-Composed, Through-Choreographed Musical 11. Legacy Appendix: Timeline Notes
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-043882
Dewey Decimal
792.8
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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