'Frankie and Johnny' in Chicago and some problems of attribution

Article Abstract:

'Frankie and Johnny' was the one important ballet created in Chicago. Premiered in 1938, the work emerged from the Federal Theatre Project of the Works Progress Administration, from local artistic politics and from the Depression. The ballet was based on a ballad about Johnnie's shooting of Frankie for betraying her and the ballet transforms this situation into a parody through the use of vernacular dance. The ballet was a collaboration which apparently had complications. Ruth Page and Bentley Stone did the choreography, Jerome Moross the music, Paul du Pont the set and costumes.

Criticism and interpretation, Frankie and Johnny (Dance)

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Discussion with Sandra Noll Hammond and Francesca Falcone

Article Abstract:

Sandra Noll Hammond and Francesca Hammond discuss the Italian and French Schools of dance, and comment on one another's approaches to the styles. Both Italian and French schools had emphases on technique and on the various styles of technique, with different approaches to the way in which acting and action were worked along with and into the dancing.

Denmark, Interview, Ballet dancers, Ballerinas, Hammond, Sandra Noll, Hammond, Francesca

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Ivor Guest: an appreciation

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the life and works of ballet writer Ivor Guest. Issues include Guest's interest in historical research, dance and his professional career as a lawyer.

United States, Authors, Writers, Appreciation, Ballet, Guest, Ivor

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