Willa Cather and the Dance

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Willa Cather and the Dance is written by Wendy K. Perriman and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0838642039 (ISBN 10) and 9780838642030 (ISBN 13).

Anna Pavlova's revolutionary debut in 1910 at the Metropolitan Opera House captivated the nation and introduced Americans to the charms of modern ballet. Willa Cather was among the first intellectuals to recognize that dance had suddenly been elevated into a new art form, and she quickly trained herself to become one of the leading balletomanes of her era. Willa Cather and the Dance: "A Most Satisfying Elegance" traces the writer's dance education, starting with the ten-page explication she wrote in 1913 for McClure's magazine called "Training for the Ballet." Cather's interest was sustained through her entire canon as she utilized characters, scenes, and images from almost all of the important dance productions that played in New York.