First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Introduction to the Series vii List of Plates ix Preface xi Prologue 1(4) Family Beginnings 5(22) Early Training 27(20) Life on the Circuit 47(30) Willam in Portland 77(22) Broadway, Balanchine, and Ballet Caravan 99(34) Apollo and Mac: A Greek God and a Working Mans Hero 133(28) Willam and the San Francisco Opera Ballet 161(34) In the Shadow of War 195(38) Ballet Society and Willams Dream Company 233(24) Regrouping 257(30) Willam Starts Anew in Salt Lake City 287(24) Lew Takes Over the San Francisco Ballet 311(36) The Ford Foundation Grants 347(24) San Francisco Ballet in the 1960s 371(18) Ballet West 389(20) Recognition and Transitions 409(24) The Final Years 433(34) Appendix A Choreography 467(40) Willam Christensen Appendix B Choreography 507(24) Lew Christensen Selected Bibliography 531(16) Index 547
Debra Hickenlooper Sowell has a Ph. D in Performance Studies from New York University. She teaches at Brigham Young University and is an authority on dance among the Mormons. A formner member of the Cambridge Court Dancers, she has interests that extend to Renaissance court performances and to the romantic ballet in Italy. In 1992she received the John M. Ward Fellowship at the Harvard Theatre Collection. She has served on the board of directors of the Society of Dance History Scholars.
