![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this case, initially, it was double vision. So how do two authors, one illustrator, and an editor come together to make a book when each may have an individual vision? Certainly that was true in the creation of the ballet Appalachian Spring, as the picture book Ballet for Martha clearly shows. Performance art is almost always a collaboration. The authors’ collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life. Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created “Appalachian Spring,” from its inception through the score’s composition to Martha’s intense rehearsal process. It took more than a year and the imaginations of many talented people for “Appalachian Spring,” the dance created by Martha Graham, to be performed on stage for the first time. Sometimes art is made by one artist, working alone, but sometimes it is the result of artists working together - collaborating - to forge something new. Winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for OutstandingĬapitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens ![]() Artwork by Brian Floca.īallet for Martha: Making Applalachian Spring is a recipient of the following awards From the back cover of A Ballet for Martha. ![]()
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