Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance

by Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Book Overview

Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories reflect both the hardships and the accomplishments of African Americans in the artistic and social developments through the twentieth century and into the new millennium. Dixon Gottschild deftly uses Brown's career as the fulcrum to leverage an exploration of the connection between performance, society,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230114091
• ISBN13: 9780230114098
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"