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With Ballet in My Soul

Autor Eva Maze
en Limba Engleză Paperback
Representing artists and companies abroad from a vast array of talent in the performing arts of the time - including The Alvin Ailey Dance Company, The Living Theatre, and The Swingle Singers - Eva Maze became a prolific producer of close to 100 different types of theatrical programs from the world of dance, music, mime, cabaret, and drama. Her fascinating past is brought to life through a combination of serious commentary and amusing anecdotes about the risks and rewards of the business side of theater and dance, some of the personalities who were part of those worlds from the 1940s to the 1990s, her own motivation for being an impresario, and her personal life. The book also includes more than 250 captivating historical and modern images. Readers will enjoy this story of the rich life of a woman committed to a professional vision ahead of its time, filled with glamour, excitement and adventure. A life spanning close to 100 years is noteworthy, if only because of its longevity. The rich life of a woman committed to a professional vision ahead of its time, filled with glamour, excitement and adventure, is truly remarkable. Narrated in her own words, this is the story of such a woman, Eva Maze, who, from the time she left Romania as a teenager in 1939, dreamed of being a ballet dancer, and through a series a circumstances, became instead one of the most successful theatrical impresarios in Europe - with a career spanning more than 40 years.
Now in her nineties, Maze looks back at the path and passion that led her from Bucharest to the United States as an immigrant, and then, as a married woman, back again to Europe and Asia, where she found her professional calling.
Set against key historical events of the 20th century, including the building of the Berlin Wall, the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, as well as the rise and fall of Pan American Airlines, Maze's fascinating past is brought to life through a combination of serious commentary and amusing anecdotes about the risks and rewards of the business side of theater and dance, some of the personalities who were part of those worlds from the 1940s to the 1990s, her own motivation for being an impresario, and her personal life. Her narration is supported by more than 250 captivating historical and modern images going back to her birth in 1922.
Representing artists and companies abroad from a vast array of talent in the performing arts of the time - including The Alvin Ailey Dance Company, The Living Theatre, and The Swingle Singers - this unique woman became a prolific producer of close to 100 different types of theatrical programs from the world of dance, music, mime, cabaret, and drama.
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ISBN-13: 9780983498384
ISBN-10: 0983498385
Pagini: 200
Greutate: 0.95 kg