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The Moiseyev Dance Company tours America : "wholesome" comfort during a Cold War

Title
  1. The Moiseyev Dance Company tours America : "wholesome" comfort during a Cold War / Victoria Hallinan.
Published by
  1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]
Author
  1. Hallinan, Victoria, 1985-

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Description
  1. xii, 235 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "During 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. Drawing on contemporary personal and published accounts, Victoria Hallinan explores why the dancers garnered overwhelming acclaim during their multicity tour and Ed Sullivan Show 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"--
Series statement
  1. Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Uniform title
  1. Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
Subject
  1. Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906-2007
  2. Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906-2007
  3. Gosudarstvennyĭ ansamblʹ narodnogo tant︠s︡a Soi︠u︡za SSR > History
  4. Gosudarstvennyĭ ansamblʹ narodnogo tant︠s︡a Soi︠u︡za SSR
  5. 1900-1999
  6. Folk dancing, Russian
  7. Folk dancing, East European
  8. Cultural diplomacy > United States > History > 20th century
  9. Cultural diplomacy > Soviet Union > History
  10. Cultural diplomacy
  11. Folk dancing, East European
  12. Folk dancing, Russian
  13. International relations
  14. United States > Relations > Soviet Union
  15. Soviet Union > Relations > United States
  16. Soviet Union
  17. United States
Genre/Form
  1. History
Call number
  1. *MGS (Russian) 24-253
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 211-230) and index.
Author
  1. Hallinan, Victoria, 1985- author.
Title
  1. The Moiseyev Dance Company tours America : "wholesome" comfort during a Cold War / Victoria Hallinan.
Publisher
  1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
  2. Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 211-230) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
Other form:
  1. Online version: Hallinan, Victoria, 1985- Moiseyev Dance Company tours America Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2023 9781685750350 (DLC) 2023013413
LCCN
  1. 2023013412
ISBN
  1. 9781625347510 paperback
  2. 1625347510 paperback
  3. 9781625347527 hardcover
  4. 1625347529 hardcover
  5. 9781685750350 electronic book
Research call number
  1. *MGS (Russian) 24-253
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