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The Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America: "Wholesome" Comfort during a Cold War: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond

Autor Dr. Victoria Hallinan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 noi 2023
During the Cold War, dancers and musicians from the United States and the USSR were drawn into the battle for hearts and minds, crossing the Iron Curtain to prove their artistic and ideological prowess. After the passage of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, direct cultural exchange between the two superpowers opened up, and the Moiseyev Dance Company arrived in the United States in 1958. The first Soviet cultural representatives to tour America, this folk-dance troupe’s repertoire included dances from territories controlled or influenced by the USSR, including Uzbekistan, Crimea, and Poland.
Drawing on contemporary personal and published accounts, Victoria Hallinan explores why the dancers garnered overwhelming acclaim during their multicity tour and Ed Sullivan Show appearance. The “boy-meets-girl” love stories of the dances, and their idealized view of multiple Soviet cultures living together in harmony, presented a comforting image of post–World War II gender norms and race relations for audiences. Americans saw the dancers—their supposed enemies—as humans rather than agents of communist contagion.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781625347510
ISBN-10: 1625347510
Pagini: 250
Ilustrații: 10 illus., 2 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: University of Massachusetts Press
Colecția University of Massachusetts Press
Seria Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond


Notă biografică

VICTORIA HALLINAN is program manager of the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs and lecturer in the humanities at Yale University.

Cuprins

List of Figures and Tables 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
Part One 
Chapter 1 
Creation of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of the USSR 
Chapter 2 
Internal and External Propaganda Tool 
Part Two 
Chapter 3 
Paving the Way for the 1958 Tour 
Chapter 4 
Reception and the Cold War Narrative 
Chapter 5 
Fascinating Human Beings 
Part Three 
Chapter 6 
American Notions of Gender 
Chapter 7 
American Notions of Race 
Conclusion 
Epilogue 
Appendix A: Text of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, January 27, 1958 
Appendix B: Transcribed Table of 1958 Tickets Sales in Full 
Appendix C: Early American Tour Repertoires (1958, 1965, 1970) 
Appendix D: A Selection of Moiseyev Dances 
Notes 
Index 

Recenzii

“A valuable addition to the existing literature on Soviet dance and US-Soviet relations during the Cold War.”—Tara Wheelwright, H-Net

“In this important book, Hallinan uses audience reception to analyze how Americans looked at the troupe, and she has done enormous archival research to track down letters from audience members to the Moiseyev company, dance reviews in major US magazines and newspapers, and contemporary accounts of the company.”—Anthony Shay, author of The Igor Moiseyev Dance Company: Dancing Diplomats

The Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America is a significant contribution to the fields of dance, cultural diplomacy, and Cold War studies. It will appeal to scholars and readers in American studies, international relations, and other studies of the performing arts.”—Anne Searcy, author of Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange