Todd Bolender, Janet Reed, and the Making of American Ballet
Martha Ullman West illustrates how American ballet developed over the course of the twentieth century from an aesthetic originating in the courts of Europe into a stylistically diverse expression of a democratic culture. West places at center stage two artists who were instrumental to this story: Todd Bolender and Janet Reed.
Lifelong friends, Bolender (1914–2006) and Reed (1916–2000) were part of ...
Martha Ullman West illustrates how American ballet developed over the course of the twentieth century from an aesthetic originating in the courts of Europe into a stylistically diverse expression of a democratic culture. West places at center stage two artists who were instrumental to this story: Todd Bolender and Janet Reed.
Lifelong friends, Bolender (1914–2006) and Reed (1916–2000) were part of ...
