
Time to Dance
The Life of Heinz Poll
Heinz Poll(Author)
Barbara Schubert(Editor)
The University of Akron Press
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-931968-52-2 (ISBN)
Description
The late Heinz Poll is best known as the founder, choreographer, and artistic director of Ohio Ballet, a dance company that flourished for more than thirty years and was called a gem and the best news in dance by critics in Boston and New York. Based at the University of Akron, Ohio Ballet toured forty-four states and several countries, including Italy and Mexico, often performing some of the sixty-plus works that Heinz Poll created for his dancers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Akron, OH
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-931968-52-2 (9781931968522)
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Persons
After retirement, Heinz Poll completed his memoir, A Time to Dance. In a distinctive voice both pungent and charming, he tells the compelling story of how a teenager forced to spend the last two years of World War II in the German navy eventually wound up directing a dance company in Akron, Ohio.