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Title

It's not all song and dance : a life behind the scenes in the performing arts / Maxim Gershunoff and Leon Van Dyke.

Author

Gershunoff, Maxim.

Publication

Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight Editions, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Van Dyke, Leon.

Description

xiii, 187 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "This memoir of Maxim Gershunoff, the renowned manager of the stars, gives readers a behind-the-scenes view into the world of the classical performing arts and its personalities over the past six decades." "In these pages we meet music legends whose lives intersected with Gershunoff's, including Benny Goodman, Leonard Bernstein, and Igor Stravinsky, as well as ballet greats Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, and George Balanchine. Gershunoff's reminiscences also include such diverse luminaries as Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, Howard Hughes, and the Kennedys." "The story of Gershunoff's involvement with the Soviet-American cultural exchange program during the Cold War between the two superpowers includes a look into the everyday lives of Soviet performers during that tension-filled time, giving the book a deeper historical resonance."
• "Finally, Gershunoff's memoir reveals the fruits of his distinguished career in the performing arts, providing valuable lessons for today's performing arts managers and presenters, as well as aspiring artists."--Jacket.
• "This memoir of Maxim Gershunoff, the renowned manager of the stars, gives readers a behind-the-scenes view into the world of the classical performing arts and its personalities over the past six decades." "In these pages we meet music legends whose lives intersected with Gershunoff's, including Benny Goodman, Leonard Bernstein, and Igor Stravinsky, as well as ballet greats Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, and George Balanchine. Gershunoff's reminiscences also include such diverse luminaries as Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, Howard Hughes, and the Kennedys." "The story of Gershunoff's involvement with the Soviet-American cultural exchange program during the Cold War between the two superpowers includes a look into the everyday lives of Soviet performers during that tension-filled time, giving the book a deeper historical resonance." "Finally, Gershunoff's memoir reveals the fruits of his distinguished career in the performing arts, providing valuable lessons for today's performing arts managers and presenters, as well as aspiring artists."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Concert agents > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• Biographies.

Note

• Includes index.

ISBN

• 0879103108
• 9780879103101

LCCN

2004027581

OCLC

• ocm57005879
• 57005879
• SCSB-5175399

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries