Cecchetti Institute Reading Group
Mondays a la Maestro -- 2nd Mondays
The reading group has launched as an in-person activity for the purpose of more fully engaging those in the D.C. area as we continue to work toward a physical presence in the nation's capital. We plan to eventually feature a publicly-available Reading Room for our existing, extensive dance library, which is currently available by appointment only.
Meets monthly, from 10:30-11:30, at the Tenley-Friendship Library, directly across the street from the Tenley Metro.
Usual date is the first or second Monday of the month.
If you are driving, know that paid parking is available in the Target parking garage (access off of River Road.)
Advance registration is required
Our reserved room has a limit of 15 attendees, which the library strictly enforces.
Sign-up deadline is the Sunday prior to each gathering.
Registration is free, but contributions to our effort, of any size (even $1), will be gratefully received.
What we're reading next:
September 2024: "Balanchine's Apprentice: From Hollywood to New York and Back" by John Clifford
What we've read thus far:
July 2024: "The Christensen Brothers: An American Dance Epic" by Debra Hickenlooper Sowell
June 2024: "Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance" by Deborah Jowitt
May 2024: "Catherine Littlefield: A Life in Dance" by Sharon Skeel
April 2024: "The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca" by Carol Bishop-Gwyn
March 2024: "The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet" by Marina Harss
February 2024: "Come Dance With Me: a memoir, 1898-1956" by Ninette de Valois
January 2024: "Choura: The Memoirs of Alexandra Danilova
December 2023: "Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World" by Rupert Christiansen
November 2023: Carlos Acosta -- "No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story"
October 2023: Agnes deMille -- memoir "Dance to the Piper" OR Carol Easton's biography "No Intermissions: The LIfe of Agnes deMille"
July 2023: "I Was a Dancer" by Jacques d'Amboise
June 2023: "Out Loud: A Memoir" by Mark Morris and Wesley Stace
May 2023: "Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina" by Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan
April 2023: "Distant Dances" by Sono Osato
March 2023: "Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton" by Julie Kavanagh
February 2023: "Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins" by Yael Tamar Lewin
January 2023: "Dulcie Howes: Pioneer of Ballet in South Africa" by Richard Glasstone
December 2022: "Bravura!: Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre" by Alex C. Ewing
November 2022: "A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back" by David Hallberg
October 2022:
"Dance or Die" by Ahmad Joudeh
