Gender Project : interview with Christine Dunham. 2000.

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Gender Project : interview with Christine Dunham. 2000.

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Dunham speaks about her life and career; her early ballet training in Dallas and at the School of American Ballet in New York City; dancing with the Dallas Ballet; joining American Ballet Theatre at the age of 26; rigors of dancing at the ABT and crucial support given by then-director, Mikhail Baryshnikov; dancing in the corps de ballet and disparities in experiences of male and female corps dancers; current goal of a career in acting; commercial aspects of her career; pregnancy and aging; Kevin McKenzie; mechanisms for coping with stresses of the ballet world; character roles; and the issue of greater opportunities for aging male dancers than for aging female dancers.

26 leaves ; 29 cm.

New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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