Christensen Brothers: An American Dance Epic

Contents

• Introduction to the Series, List of Plates, Preface, Prologue,
• 1. Family Beginnings,
• 2. Early Training,
• 3. Life on the Circuit,
• 4. Wiliam in Portland,
• 5. Broadway, Balanchine, and Ballet Caravan,
• 6. Apollo and Mac: A Greek God and a Working Man's Hero,
• 7. Wiliam and the San Francisco Opera Ballet,
• 8. In the Shadow of War,
• 9. Ballet Society and Wiliam's Dream Company,
• 10. Regrouping,
• 11. Wiliam Starts Anew in Salt Lake City,
• 12. Lew Takes Over the San Francisco Ballet,
• 13. The Ford Foundation Grants,
• 14. San Francisco Ballet in the 1960s,
• 15. Ballet West,
• 16. Recognition and Transitions,
• 17. The Final Years, Appendix A: Choreography by Wiliam Christensen, Appendix B: Choreography by Lew Christensen, Selected Bibliography, Index