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Bread and tickets : an historical study of the dance events at Lewisohn Stadium, 1925-1945
- Title
- Bread and tickets : an historical study of the dance events at Lewisohn Stadium, 1925-1945 / M. Jean Tepsic.
- Author
- Tepsic, M. Jean (Martha Jean), 1948-
- Publication
- 1994.
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- Description
- viii, 390 leaves : illustrations
- Summary
- This historical inquiry on a selected double-decade, 1925-1945, examines the dance events included in the Summer Concerts Series at Lewisohn Stadium, disclosing nineteen dance ensembles in ninety-five concerts before audiences totalling well over a million people. Spectators' fees (ten cents to $1.10) from the Series' inception to its end remained amazingly minimal permitting those least able to afford high prices to see the best performers in a variety of dance forms in an era when that art was beginning to gain a place in American culture. Minnie Guggenheimer and her staff designed and financed the Series principally to attract music devotees. The enormous open-air Stadium frequently accommodated 17,000 people and another 5,000-10,000 "standees" when throngs of people oversold events such as the Denishawn Dancers, Fokine Ballet, Lily Pons, and Frank Sinatra. Dance held its own in attracting diverse populations; during at least twenty seasons its steady attendance contributed to the fiscal survival of the Series. The 1925-1945 dance evenings evident in the Summer Concerts Series are a microcosm for tracing developments and trends in dance criticism, dance sponsorship, and dance management as dance emerged as an American art form.
- Subjects
- Note
- Typescript.
- "Repertory lists, dance events, Lewisohn Stadium, 1925-1945": pages 375-385.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-366).
- Reproduction (note)
- Photocopy.
- Source (note)
- of Sarah Timberlake.
- Call Number
- *MGTB (U.S.) 15-4544
- OCLC
- 37577754
- Author
- Tepsic, M. Jean (Martha Jean), 1948-
- Title
- Bread and tickets : an historical study of the dance events at Lewisohn Stadium, 1925-1945 / M. Jean Tepsic.
- Imprint
- 1994.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Thesis
- Ph. D. New York University 1994
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-366).
- Reproduction
- Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2001. 22 cm.
- Source
- Gift; of Sarah Timberlake.
- Added Author
- Timberlake, Sarah, donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGTB (U.S.) 15-4544