Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance

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Renowned dance critic Deborah Jowitt presents this fantastic biography drawn from unrestricted access to his papers that was brilliantly received by critics and is the defintive biography of America's greatest native-born choreographer. Jerome Robbins' choreography helped define the profile of the Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet. Granted unrestricted access to Robbins' personal and prfessional papers, Jowitt explores this man's creative processes and working methods. 'Jowitt may have written the best American dance biography to date.' - Austin-American Statesman

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"This is the definitive biography." -- The Houston Chronicle "To read Ms. Jowitt's extraordinarily revealing book is to be in the presence of Jerome Robbins." -- Edward Villella "It is candid yet balanced, insightful about his work and revelatory about his theater. It lays bare the tension between Robbins the person and Robbins the artist." -- Los Angeles Times "Jowitt's fascinating biography of the innovative director of Broadway musicals and choreographer of masterpieces for the New York City Ballet...trenchantly reveal[s] Robbins's relationship with his own beliefs...Compelling." -- The New York Times Book Review (front page) "Ms. Jowitt's book has the authenticity that comes only from being there." -- Twyla Tharp

Author Bio

Deborah Jowitt has been the principal dance critic forThe Village Voicesince 1967. Her articles on dance have appeared in numerous publications, among themThe New York TimesandDancemagazine. She was chair of the Dance Critics Association and a founding member of Dance Theater Workshop. She was recipient of a Bessie, the New York Dance and Performance Award, and of the prestigious dance book award, the de la Torre Bueno Prize. She has lectured and conducted workshops in the United States and abroad and is currently on the faculty in the Dance Department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she has taught since 1975. Jowitt was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002 to write the critical biographyJerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance.