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Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, With a History and Filmographies, 1893 Through 1995 | 
 enlarge | Author: Larry Billman
Publisher: McFarland Company
Category: Book
List Price: $150.00
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1298117
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Casebound
Pages: 252
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 0899508685
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.820922
EAN: 9780899508689
ASIN: 0899508685
Publication Date: August 1997
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For each of 970 choreographers there is a biography providing date and place of birth (and death when appropriate), a description of their choreographic style, a listing of their stage, television, music video, nightclub, and concert credits, and a listing of the movies they choreographed.
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MARVELOUS WHO'S WHO OF HOLLYWODO CHOREOGRAPHERS February 27, 2005
James Robert Parish (Studio City, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In this expansive encyclopedia, author Billman offers a comprehensive who's who of Hollywood film choreographers and dance directors from the start of the movie business. Each entry provides a brief biography/perspective of the talent under examination as well as providing their film credits and listing their career contributions in other mediums. br / br /Of particular interest are the author's essays on the history/development of screen dance as techniques, style, and technology impacted how choreographers and dance directors executed their craft in Hollywood productions over the many decades. br / br /A unique treasure trove of information well worth purchasing--and enjoying!
An impressive work January 21, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book will delight you if you love dance in movies. I picked it up out of curiosity and found myself lost in its pages in no time. Even as someone who knows a lot about dancing in the movies, I kept saying I didn't know that! as I read through the various biographies. It's most impressive the way the author has cross-referenced the complex relationships between dancers and choreographers. As director of the Academy of Dance on Film, he has access to the backstory of how things really happened, and this book is filled with wonderful anecdotes.
An Indispensable Resource July 24, 2002
Michael Russell (Washington, DC USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a totally unique resource. It contains both a history of dance on film (by decade) and a veritable biographic encyclopedia of film choreographers and dance directors, from the well known to those who should be. Despite the massive research that must have been required for this book, it does not read like an academic tome, but is written in a lively, enjoyable style that makes it difficult to put down. An added bonus are the numerous. and often rare, photographs.
 as Dance Spirit says... April 24, 2000
J. Laws (Plano, TX USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
From the review in Dance Spirit Magazine - When you pick up a copy of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors, you'll wonder how on earth you managed without it. This comprehensive encyclopedia contains biographies and credits for 970 choreographers, who worked on 3,500 films. This 664-page book includes 184 photographs, a decade-by-decade history of dance in movies, and a detailed index.
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