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Imitation artist : Gertrude Hoffmann's life in vaudeville and dance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stalter-Pace, Sunny, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Hoffmann, Gertrude.
Gertrude Hoffmann Company > History.
Dancers > United States > Biography.
Choreographers > United States > Biography.
Modern dance > United States > History.
Vaudeville > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Learning How to Copy, 1883-1906
  • A Ballet Girl in San Francisco
  • Teaming Up with Max Hoffmann
  • A Woman Stage Manager
  • Solo Imitations, 1906-1909
  • Imitative Caricatures
  • Women's Rivalry and Copyright
  • A Vision of Salome
  • Producing Revues, 1910-1914
  • Gertrude Hoffmann's Review
  • Pirating the Ballets Russes
  • Mainstream Modernism
  • All-American Artist
  • New Directions, 1914-1923
  • Grecian Dance, Pantomime, and Silent Film
  • Snake Acts and Other Wartime Spectacles
  • Just Drifting
  • From Advanced Vaudeville to Cabaret
  • Offstage, 1923-1966
  • The Gertrude Hoffmann Girls, At Home and Abroad
  • Modern Dance and Floor Shows
  • Remembering
  • Conclusion