The Resource Jerome Robbins : a life in dance, Wendy Lesser
Jerome Robbins : a life in dance, Wendy Lesser
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The item Jerome Robbins : a life in dance, Wendy Lesser represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins. He went on to become a choreographer and director who worked in ballet, on Broadway, and in film. His stage productions include West Side Story, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. In this deft biography, Wendy Lesser presents Jerome Robbins's life through his major dances, providing a sympathetic, detailed portrait of her subject
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 200 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780300197594
- Label
- Jerome Robbins : a life in dance
- Title
- Jerome Robbins
- Title remainder
- a life in dance
- Statement of responsibility
- Wendy Lesser
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins. He went on to become a choreographer and director who worked in ballet, on Broadway, and in film. His stage productions include West Side Story, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. In this deft biography, Wendy Lesser presents Jerome Robbins's life through his major dances, providing a sympathetic, detailed portrait of her subject
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lesser, Wendy
- Dewey number
- 792.82092
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1785.R52
- LC item number
- L47 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Jewish lives
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Robbins, Jerome
- Choreographers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Jerome Robbins : a life in dance, Wendy Lesser
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1024159606
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 200 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300197594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- B R536 ; XX-AB ; [A18BP041, #49, 3@25.00, LAP/ ]
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1024159606
- (OCoLC)1024159606
- Label
- Jerome Robbins : a life in dance, Wendy Lesser
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1024159606
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 200 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300197594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- B R536 ; XX-AB ; [A18BP041, #49, 3@25.00, LAP/ ]
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1024159606
- (OCoLC)1024159606
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