George Balanchine's arrival in the United States in 1933, it is
widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a
bold neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first American
manifestation of the art form. In Making Ballet American, author
Andrea Harris challenges this narrative by revealing the complex
social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the
construction of American neoclassical ballet. Situating American
ballet within a larger context of modernisms, the book examines
critical efforts to craft new, modernist ideas about the relevance
of classical dancing for American society and democracy. Through
cultural and choreographic analysis, it illustrates the evolution
of modernist ballet during a turbulent historical period.
Ultimately, the book argues that the Americanization of
Balanchine's neoclassicism was not the inevitable outcome of his
immigration or his creative genius, but rather a far more
complicated story that pivots on the question of modern arts
relationship to America and the larger world.
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