Martha Nishitani modern dance history / compiled by Martha Nishitani.

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Martha Nishitani modern dance history / compiled by Martha Nishitani.

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The Martha Nishitani modern dance history was compiled by Martha herself in 1992. It is a personal selection of photocopies of newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera, and other material relating to her dance career, which has been comb-bound into two separate volumes to resemble scrapbooks. The first documents her life as a modern dance performer, choreographer, and teacher, with information on her studio, company, teachers, students, and her choreographic works. It contains an autobiography, a number of timelines of her education, events/awards, choreography, history of company concerts/performances, teaching positions, publications, and more. Along with this history, it also includes the text of a poem by William Dunlop that was written for her dance film, "Water Images" (which was broadcast on local public television station KCTS Channel 9 in 1967), as well as studio advertising fliers, class schedules, and photographs of Nishitani, her students, and her company. The second volume is much more visual, containing posters and programs from her company's performances, as well as reviews and articles about her company and school, and photographs of herself, her company, and her studio. Concert programs include those from performances given at Northwest colleges, private and public schools, and other locations. The book also contains display ads, interviews and articles, Nishitani's own published dance writings, and reviews of her choreography for the Opera Theatre productions staged by the University of Washington School of Music.

2 v. ; 28-43 centimeters.

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