TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Naomi M.
TI  - Converging movements: modern dance and Jewish culture at the 92nd Street Y / 
SN  - 0819564206
AV  - GV1783 .J33 2000
U1  - 792.808992407471 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Hanover
PB  - University Press of New England
KW  - 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - Modern dance
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Jews
KW  - 20th century
KW  - United States
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Jewish influences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index; 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
ER  -