Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company
by
Sasha Anawalt
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
When Robert Joffrey, the son of a Muslim Afghani, founded the Joffrey Ballet in 1956 with Gerald Arpino, he exploded the boundaries of classical ballet.
The company made ballets about beatniks, erotic multimedia goddesses, sea nymphs, clowns, slackers, radicals and jocks, thrilling audiences...