{"product_id":"the-moiseyev-dance-company-tours-america-wholesome-comfort-during-a-cold-war-paperback-softback-9781625347510","title":"The Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America; Wholesome\" Comfort During a Cold War (Paperback \/ softback) 9781625347510","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWholesome\" Comfort During a Cold War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVictoria Hallinan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781625347510\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this important book, Hallinan uses audience reception to analyze how Americans looked at the troupe, and she has done enormous archival research to track down letters from audience members to the Moiseyev company, dance reviews in major US magazines and newspapers, and contemporary accounts of the company found in newspapers.\" - Anthony Shay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Igor Moiseyev Dance Company: Dancing Diplomats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the fields of dance, cultural diplomacy, and Cold War studies. It will appeal to scholars and readers in American studies, international relations, and other studies of the performing arts.\" - Anne Searcy, author of \u003ci\u003eBallet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring the Cold War, dancers and musicians from the United States and the USSR were drawn into the battle for hearts and minds, crossing the Iron Curtain to prove their artistic and ideological prowess. After the passage of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, direct cultural exchange between the two superpowers opened up, and the Moiseyev Dance Company arrived in the United States in 1958. The first Soviet cultural representatives to tour America, this folk-dance troupe’s repertoire included dances from territories controlled or influenced by the USSR, including Uzbekistan, Crimea, and Poland. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on contemporary personal and published accounts, Victoria Hallinan explores why the dancers garnered overwhelming acclaim during their multicity tour and \u003ci\u003eEd Sullivan Show\u003c\/i\u003e appearance. The “boy-meets-girl” love stories of the dances, and their idealized view of multiple Soviet cultures living together in harmony, presented a comforting image of post–World War II gender norms and race relations for audiences. Americans saw the dancers—their supposed enemies—as humans rather than agents of communist contagion.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Creation of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of the USSR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Internal and External Propaganda Tool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Paving the Way for the 1958 Tour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Reception and the Cold War Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Fascinating Human Beings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: American Notions of Gender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: American Notions of Race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A: Text of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, January 27, 1958\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B: Transcribed Table of 1958 Tickets Sales in Full\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix C: Early American Tour Repertoires (1958, 1965, 1970)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix D: A Selection of Moiseyev Dances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702259708184,"sku":"9781625347510","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-moiseyev-dance-company-tours-america-wholesome-comfort-during-a-cold-war-paperback-softback-9781625347510","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}