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A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Month“Deborah Jowitt chronicles a life passionately, artfully lived. An essential read about a true legend.” —Mikhail Baryshnikov“A study in balance and grace.” —The New York Times Book Re... Read More about Errand into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Month“Deborah Jowitt chronicles a life passionately, artfully lived. An essential read about a true legend.” —Mikhail Baryshnikov“A study in balance and grace.” —The New York Times Book Re... Read More about Errand into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham

In her tale of a dancer's life in 1940s America, Underwood reveals both the rapture she felt in dancing and her refreshingly spunky approach to a career. Over the decade, this young woman-experiencing a wide range of performing styles and training techniques-matured and developed as an artist and a ... Read More about No Daughter of Mine is Going to Be a Dancer!: Dancing for Agnes de Mille and the Giants of Dance in the 40s

Kenneth King is one of America's most inventive postmodern choreographers. His dancing has always reflected his interest in language and technology, combining movement with film, machines, lighting and words both spoken and written. King is also conversant in philosophy, and some of his most influen... Read More about Writing in Motion: Body--Language--Technology

In this authoritative biography, Deborah Jowitt explores the life, works, and creative processes of the complex genius Jerome Robbins (1918-1998), who redefined the role of dance in musical theater and is also considered America's greatest native-born ballet choreographer. This meticulously researc... Read More about Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance

From the legendary dance critic Deborah Jowitt, Errand into the Maze is the definitive biography of the visionary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. Between 1926 and 1991, the year of her death, Martha Graham choreographed close to one hundred masterpieces. She changed how dancers were perceive... Read More about Errand Into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham