SAVING RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL: A DANCER'S TRUE STORY by Rosemary Novellino-Mearns
By Rosemary Novellino-Mearns
The real tale of ways Radio urban tune corridor, artwork Deco masterpiece and considered one of big apple City’s iconic vacationer points of interest and cultural landmarks, used to be stored from demolition is instructed ultimately. approximately 40 years later, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, Dance Captain of the mythical Radio urban song corridor Ballet corporation throughout the Seventies, tells the superb tale of ways she influenced a small staff of devoted colleagues, acquaintances, media and political allies to affix forces, problem the Rockefeller institution and, opposed to all odds, keep “the Showplace of the Nation.”
Rosemary Novellino all started her theatrical profession as a ballet dancer in Radio urban song Hall’s Ballet corporation the place she labored for twelve years, finally changing into Dance Captain. on the tune corridor, she labored with choreographers Marc Platt, Ron Lewis, Miriam Nelson, and have become assistant to Peter Gennaro. As President of “The Showpeople’s Committee to save lots of Radio urban track corridor” she was once instrumental in saving the tune corridor from demolition and having it declared a countrywide old Landmark.
Since retiring as a dancer she has turn into a lyricist together with her composer husband William Mearns who she met at Radio urban tune corridor and played with at the nice level. advised on through husband invoice, her kin, and previous track corridor colleagues, Rosie took a number of years to put in writing Saving Radio urban tune corridor, an emotionally draining and research-intensive adventure. She is especially proud to have her publication as one of many first to be released by means of TurningPointPress.
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