Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star

by Leslie Norton, Frederic Franklin

Overview

With a ballet career spanning well over eight decades, legendary dancer Frederic Franklin was one of the twentieth century's great ballet stars. This biography, rich with original interviews, covers his entire career from young dance student in the early 1920s to his most recent position as choreographer with Britain's Royal Ballet in November 2004. Each chapter covers a different period of Franklin's life, including the peak of his performing career as a principal dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, his legendary professional partnership with Alexandra Danilova, and his role in introducing ballet to millions of Americans during World War II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786430512
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/19/2007
Pages:	235
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Leslie Norton was an associate professor in dance at the Hamilton College Theatre and Dance Department and lived in Clinton, New York. The late Frederic Franklin lived in New York City.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     

1. Finding Ballet in a Roundabout Way     
2. “Three Times a Star”: The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo     
3. A Roper, a Pimp and a Poet: Agnes, Ruth and Mr. B.     
4. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: The Twilight Years     
5. A Company in the Capital: The National Ballet     
6. Franklin and the Rise of Regional Ballet     
7. Back to the Big Apple: Dance Theatre of Harlem and American Ballet Theatre     
8. Still Going Strong as the Years Pass Along     

Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

comprehensive...interesting”—Ballet Magazine; “exhaustively researched...fascinating”—Dance Magazine; “a labor of love”—Dance Chronicle.

From the Publisher

"a labor of love"

Dance Chronicle

exhaustively researched...fascinating

Dance Magazine

comprehensive...interesting

Ballet Magazine