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Book, 2006
Current format, Book, 2006, 1st ed, No Longer Available.
Book, 2006
Current format, Book, 2006, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
Sparking watercolors-and-ink illustrations dance across the page and spill out onto a horizontal foldout of elephants and ballerinas spotlighted together--in the true story of "Circus Polka," choreographed in 1942 by George Balanchine, with music by Igor Stravinsky and performances by John Ringling North's elephants. Robert Andrew Parker brings his love of theater, dance, and costume to this captivating story. Leda Schubert's background note includes black-and-white photos of the actual performance.
The story of how "Circus polka" a dance of 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas, choreographed by George Balanchine, was created. Describes how fifty elephants were trained to perform in the circus with ballet dancers to the music of Stravinsky.
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