"(...) As dance critic, first for 'Modern music' and then for the 'New York Herald Tribune', and as a contributor to numerous magazines and journals ('Ballet', 'Dance magazine', 'Mademoiselle', and 'Evergreen review' among them), Denby permanently changed the way we think and talk about dance. Now, for the first time, almost all of his dance writings (including pieces never before published in book form and the original versions of many pieces that were previously cut or changed) are brought together in one volume.
The reviews from 'Modern music' and the 'Tribune' are presented here chronologically, and they provide not only a picture of how Denby's dance theories and reviewing methods evolved, but also an informal history of the dance in New York from 1936 through 1945. (...)" -- P. [4] de la couv.

Comprend des notes bibliographiques.
Comprend un index.

Générique : Tzigane / musique, Maurice Ravel ; costumes, Joe Eula. - Andante from Divertimento No.15 / musique, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; costumes, Karinska. - The Four Temperaments / musique, Paul Hindemith ; costumes, Karinska. - Emeralds / musique, Gabriel Fauré ; costumes Karinska. - Diamonds / musique, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky ; cosutmes, Karinska. - Stravinsky Violin Concerto / musique, Igor Stravinsky ; costumes, Karinska. - lumières, Ralph Holmes ; maquillage, Norma Gerson ; photographies, Martha Swope.

Dépouillement : Partie 1. Tzigane -- Andante from Divertimento No.15 -- The Four Temperaments -- Partie 2. Emeralds from Jewels -- Diamonds from Jewels -- Stravinsky Violin Concerto.