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Title:

Joffrey [videorecording (DVD)] : mavericks of American dance / Lakeview Films ; produced by Una Jackman & Erica Mann Ramis ; written & directed by Bob Hercules.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Publisher:

docuramafilms ;

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet

Subject:

Joffrey Ballet--History.
Ballet companies--Chicago--Chicago--History.
Ballet--Chicago--Chicago--History.
Ballet--Estados Unidos--Historia.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Patinkin, Mandy.
Jackman, Una.
Ramis, Erica Mann.
Hercules, Bob.
Lakeview Films.
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.

Notes:

Title from container. Narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Release date: Jun. 12, 2012. Bonus features: full dress rehearsal of "The green table" ballet ; "making of" featurette; deleted scenes.

Summary:

Chronicles the full story of the company, from their founding in 1956 to the present. The film describes how the Joffery repeatedly resurrected itself after devastating financial and artistic setbacks and how the company introduced cutting-edge choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, Laura Dean and Margo Sappington to a larger audience. Featuring excerpts from Joffery's seminal works Astarte, Trinity and Billboards and their breakthrough collaborations.

ISBN:

9781422918869
1422918866

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794788203

UPC:

767685270783

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)