Solitary Song - An Autobiography

In this well-illustrated work, Pauline Koner “traces the course” of her remarkable career from her days as a student of Michel Fokine in the 1920s, through further studies with Angel Cansino and the brilliantly influential Michio Ito, to a period as a dance soloist before World War II that make her reputation. After the war she entered a productive collaboration with Doris Humphrey, and then began the epochal performances with Jose Limon. She continued to perform until 1972, and her influence as a teacher and choreographer is still widely felt. Her book is an instructive and charming chronicle of this remarkable career, as well as a record of performances and interpretations that have gone far to mold modern dance into its present state of grace.

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Pauline Koner

Summary

Traces the course of the author's career from her days as a student of Michel Fokine in the 1920s, through further studies with Angel Cansino and the brilliantly influential Michio Ito, to a period as a dance soloist before World War II that make her reputation.

Product details

• Authors: Koner, Pauline Koner, Pauline Koner
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.1989
• EAN: 9780822308782
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-0878-2
• No. of pages: 317
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 235 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Series: Studies in Biomedical Policy; Studies in Biomedical Policy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet