|
The Dancer Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers | 
 enlarge | Author: Rose Eichenbaum
Creator: Aron Hirt-manheimer
Publisher: Wesleyan
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $14.97
You Save: $14.98 (50%)
New (25) Used (3) from $14.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 386711
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0819568805
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.80280922
EAN: 9780819568809
ASIN: 0819568805
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New. 100% money back guarantee. All books shipped from Strand Bookstore, New York City, USA.
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The Dancer Within is a collection of photographic portraits and short essays based on confessional interviews with forty dancers and entertainers, many of them world-famous. Well-known on the concert stage, on Broadway, in Hollywood musicals, and on television, the personalities featured in this book speak with extraordinary candor about all stages of the dancer's life--from their first dance class to their signature performances and their days of reflection on the artist's life. The Dancer Within reveals how these artists triumphed, but also how they overcame adversity, including self-doubt, injuries, and aging. Most of all, this book is about the courage, commitment, love, and passion of these performers in their quest for artistic excellence. The reader will quickly realize that "the dancer within" is a metaphor of the human spirit.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Capturing a Moment in Time September 16, 2008
What can one write about a "one-of-a-kind" photo journalism work like this one? "The Dancer Within" not only contains some masterful photographs but the "tone" of each interview is so personal, so candid and so insightful. Although the dance styles, career paths, accomplishments and challenges of each interviewee are varied, they all emerge as "One." It was prophetic and purposeful that the book is titled "The Dancer Within," as the text "nails" that random and demanding dancer computer chip embedded in all of them. For anyone who ever danced -or ever dreamed of it - the book is a neccesary addition to your library. And your spirit.
It also captures the end of an era in dance history but begins the transition into the future. I look forward to Ms. Eichenbaum's next exploration and thank her for allowing us to take these journeys with her.
Inspired ... August 23, 2008
I bought "The Dancer Within" a week before actually reading it. When I began, I couldn't put it down and I was compelled to reach out in gratitude to the author/photojournalist herself. Each page touched my heart and soul as Rose Eichenbaum captured what it truly means to be a dancer regardless of age, race, nationality or gender.
It is no easy task to express the richness, spirituality and transformative nature of this art form, yet Eichenbaum pulls it off seamlessly. I wanted to share my appreciation for the time and energy put into creating this book. I've gained greater insight about myself through those photos and interviews. So, I say 'thank you' because something led me to that striking shot of Chita Rivera on the cover ... which ultimately led me to open up to another journalist who recognizes the power and gift of dance.
Intimate Indeed August 19, 2008
Sitting down to read "The Dancer Within," I feel as if I've been invited into the homes of each great dancer for a cup of tea and an intimate sharing of lives. Accompanied by introspective, striking photographic portraits, most questions and answers tell the story of each artist/dancer's life while paying equal attention to his/her inner life. I learned, for example, that for quite some time Joel Grey didn't want the early fame accorded him as a song-and-dance man; he longed to be the serious actor, the next Laurence Olivier. Rita Moreno's rise to fame was deeply desired and complex. Not surprisingly in those times, as a Puerto Rican she was typecast in roles; but at the same time in adulthood she herself struggled--internally and externally--to overcome the messages of being "less than as a Puerto Rican" internalized in her childhood. She triumphs personally and professionally: a triumph of will, work, luck, and other blessings. Eichenbaum pays tribute to the drive and the humanness of these artists with sensitivity and grace.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
