This is an exciting inside look at the professional careers of
America's leading cultural TV directors. Merrill Brockway, Kirk
Browning, and Roger Englander have directed some of television's
most memorable programming, including Dance in America, the Arturo
Toscanini concerts, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Live from Lincoln
Center, and the Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein.
Together, they revolutionized the way television covers music,
dance, opera, and theater. In interviews with TV historian Brian
Rose, they offer an engaging survey of five decades of American
television. The challenges they faced as cultural directors are
brought vividly to life, particularly the difficult task of
translating works created for one medium to another. They discuss
what it was like to make concert music resonate for the home
viewer, how to squeeze grand opera onto the small screen, and what
steps to take in choreographing cameras to film ballet. The
interviews in Televising the Performing Arts reveal the
complexities of television production as seen from the vantage
point of the director. In detailed examples, Merrill Brockway, Kirk
Browning, and Roger Englander illustrate the formidable operations
involved in shooting large-scale events like a live concert or
staging an opera in the narrow confines of a TV studio. They also
explore their collaborations with some of the great artists of our
time, including George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Leonard
Bernstein, and Gian Carlo Menotti. In addition to its analysis of
the production process, Televising the Performing Arts also
documents the pressures--both economic and creative--in network
television and the significant changes over the years at CBS, NBC,
PBS, and the cable networks. Through his critical introductions,
Brian Rose provides a historical context to understanding the
evolution of cultural programming and the lasting achievements of
each of the three directors.
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