Solitary Song: An Autobiography

By Pauline Koner

Book Overview

In this well-illustrated work, Pauline Koner "traces the course" of her remarkable career from her days as a student of Michel Fokine in the 1920s, through further studies with Angel Cansino and the brilliantly influential Michio Ito, to a period as a dance soloist before World War II that make her reputation. After the war she entered a productive collaboration with Doris Humphrey, and then began the epochal performances with Jose Limon. She continued to perform until 1972, and her influence as a teacher and choreographer is still widely felt. Her book is an instructive and charming chronicle of this remarkable career, as well as a record of performances and interpretations that have gone far to mold modern dance into its present state of grace.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822308789
• ISBN13: 9780822308782
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"