First We Take Manhattan: Four American Women and the New York School of Dance Criticism (Choreography and Dance Studies Series)

Four American Women: Marcia Siegel, Deborah Jowitt, Arlene Croce And Nancy Goldner Are Writers Who Became Dance Critics Partly By Design. By Showing Us Extensive Examples From Their Vivid Writing About Dance, Diana Theodores Presents A Detailed And Illuminating Analysis Of Their Styles And Ideas From 1965 To 1985, The Golden Age Of Dance In New York. For The First Time, She Presents These Four Writers As A School Of Dance Criticism, Four Women Who Defined American Dance In A Key Era Of Its Recent History. 1. Frontiers And Pioneers -- 2. Under The Influence -- The Critic -- The Environment -- Influences -- Denby's Legacy -- Dancers -- Balanchine -- Formalism -- Critical Repertory -- 3. Women At Work -- Description -- Style As Meaning -- Classicism -- The Critics As Women -- Possessing, Preserving And Purifying -- 4. The Marcia B. Siegel File -- 5. The Arlene Croce File -- 6. The Deborah Jowitt File -- 7. The Nancy Goldner File -- 8. The Fruits Of Their Labors. Diana Theodores. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [163]-171) And Index. Marcia Siegel, Deborah Jowitt, Arlene Croce and Nancy Golder are writers who became dance critics partly by design. By showing examples from their writing about dance, the author presents a detailed analysis of their styles and ideas from 1965 to 1985, the Golden Age of Dance in New York. Four American women - Marcia Siegel, Deborah Jowitt, Arlene Croce and Nancy Goldner - have contributed to the writing culture for dance criticism. This work offers an analysis of their styles and ideas from 1965 to 1985, the "Golden Age of Dance" in New York.