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Mentor Books / New American Library, New York. Published date: 1949. Paperback, 221 pp; 18 cm. First printing, August 1949. Mentor Book M42. Illustrated with a 12-page section with black and white photographic reproductions.
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In good condition. Pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners, shallow creasing to spine, and light peeling at corner tips and at the head and foot of spine; light general shelf wear and toning to covers as well; binding remains sound. Interior pages evenly toned with age, with some light spotting to end papers; text otherwise remains unmarked. Paperback issue of George Amberg's study of the development of ballet in the United States, issued in the same year as the Duell, Sloan and Pearce edition published under the title "Ballet in America". Amberg surveys the transformation of ballet from an imported European form into a distinct American art, discussing Pavlova and Mordkin, Diaghilev's impact in America, the Ballet Russe tradition, Lincoln Kirstein, Ballet Theatre, Dance Players, and the relationship between ballet and musical comedy. Includes a chronology of 150 years of American ballet and repertory listings. Contents include: Introduction; The Nineteenth Century; The Imperial Pioneers - Pavlova and Mordkin; Diaghilev in America; The Ballet Russe I - The Diaghilev Succession; The Ballet Russe II - Massine's Ballet Russe; The Ballet Russe III - The Americanization; Three American Pioneers; Lincoln Kirstein I - The Foundations; Lincoln Kirstein II - The Performance; The Ballet Theatre I - Antony Tudor and Agnes de Mille; The Ballet Theatre II - Jerome Robbins and Michael Kidd; The Ballet Theatre III - The Achievement; The Dance Players - The Ballet International; The Musical Comedy; Chronology; Ballet Repertories; Index.