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Explores the rich history, collections, and significance of the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to the art form of dance.

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9781438467450

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The book illuminates the history of the museum and its founders' vision for a national repository dedicated to the ethereal art of dance in all its many genres. Readers will grasp the importance of the museum on the Saratoga Springs region along with its impact on the greater dance world both past and present. A lovely journey for all to read, especially the dance aficionado! - Andrew DeVries, sculptor Saratoga Springs is a mythical place for dance: Mr. Balanchine parading down the streets with the New York City Ballet performing street theater, tantalizing Saratoga with glimpses of ballets in a freewheeling, improvisational summer parade. And from there it blossomed: the National Museum of Dance was born, giving us the past through exhibitions, providing space for the creative process today, and training the next generation. Dance, the architecture of time, is celebrated by a colorful cast of characters making time flow in tantalizing stories of a one-of-a-kind place. - Karole Armitage, choreographer It has been a privilege and a pleasure to walk through and explore the National Museum of Dance. This museum is always 'in process,' reinventing itself in an ever-changing world. Museums are the guardians of our culture, keeping the ideas and creations of the human spirit-body and soul-alive. The National Museum of Dance delights in bringing art and history into the present-into the dance of now! - Paul Kolnik, photographer

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Lisa Schlansker Kolosek is the research associate at the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame and the author of The Invention of Chic: Therese Bonney and Paris Moderne.

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