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The story of how modern dance developed in America as told by one of its premier performers, teachers, and choreographers. May O'Donnell (1906-2004) was one of the Martha Graham Contemporary Dance Company's most successful soloists during its pioneer days. Because of her strong presence and equally strong technique, Graham entrusted O'Donnell to create her own roles in such notable Graham works as Appalachian Spring and Hériodiade. As a choreographer, O'Donnell was the first American to create dances of musical abstraction (before such a word was used in the world of dance), freeing the modern dancer from themes, storylines, and dramatic passion. She was also a sought-after teacher, and her famous students include Robert Joffrey, Ben Vereen, Gerald Arpino, Dudley Williams, and many others. Today, more than 50 of her documented works are performed and her technique is taught throughout Europe and the United States. Based on extensive interviews with O'Donnell herself, Marian Horosko brings the story of this extraordinary yet unheralded 60-year career to light for the first time. O'Donnell's personal memories--from her early training in California, to tours with José Limón, to the creation of her signature work, Suspension, to her collaborations with composer-husband Ray Green--and unpublished photographs from the artist's personal archives provide a first-hand account of American modern dance coming into its own during the crucial period of the 1920s through the1980s. Horosko has also included the first available syllabus of O'Donnell's technique as an intermediate class.
About the Author: Marian Horosko has danced on Broadway and in Hollywood, was a soloist with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet, and has taught dance at the High School for the Performing Arts and Fordham University. She is the author of numerous books on dance technique and of Martha Graham: Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training (UPF), and the editor of Pas de Deux: A Textbook on Partnering (UPF).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780813028576
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Florida
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 136
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Modern Dance Pioneer
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0813028574
  • Publisher Date: 04 Oct 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 313 gr


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