Jackson, Naomi M. <br/><br/>
Converging movements :  modern dance and Jewish culture at the 92nd Street Y /  
 Modern dance and Jewish culture at the 92nd Street Y 
Naomi M. Jackson. 
 - Hanover :  University Press of New England,  ©2000. 
 - xii, 288 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: democracy, diversity, dance, and the Jewish encounter with America --  1. Jews and American culture: the 92nd Street Y and William Kolodney --  2. Founding the YM-YWHA dance center, 1934-1936 --  3. Democracy in action: educating the human being through dance --  4. Audience building, Jews, and global culture: the first season of the Merry-Go-Rounders --  5. Producing on the edge: the Y as debut dance hall and alternative performance space --  6. Choreographing difference: the aesthetics of diversity --  7. Synthesizing the universal and particular: producing "Jewish dance" at the Y --  8. A postmodern precursor: the Y's legacy beyond the 1960s.  Appendixes :  A. Members of the Dance Teachers Advisory Committee, 1939-53 ; B. Dance Performances at the 92nd Street Y, 1935-59. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0819564206 9780819564207 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00011313  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Modern dance--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.<br/>Jews--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--Jewish influences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1783  / .J33 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.808992407471  / JAC