To Dance, to Live: A Biography of Thalia Mara

by Carolyn J. Brown

Thalia Mara's story spans the history of dance in the twentieth century and the rise of the arts in her adopted city of Jackson, Mississippi. As an adolescent Mara (1911-2003) studied with renowned Russian teacher Adolph Bolm, who recommended she go at age sixteen to Paris for further study. During a tour in Europe and South America, she met her partner in dance and life, Arthur Mahoney, and they dazzled the world with their breathtaking performances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496845307
• ISBN13: 9781496845306
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.6"