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Edwin Denby

Nonfiction

Autumn 1948

The American Ballet

By Edwin Denby

Toward the end of the war, during several seasons, ballet in the United States had a bright moment of eagerness and glory. A number of strikingly original choreographies appeared; and […]

Nonfiction

Winter 1948

Dance Criticism

By Edwin Denby

When people who like dancing say a critic is right they mean he is right enough and that his imaginative descriptions are generally illuminating. He can hardly be illuminating or […]