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Shamus Award categories [2] Title Awarded since Best P. I. Hardcover Novel 1982 Best First P. I. Novel 1985 Best P. I. Paperback Original 1982 THE EYE – Lifetime Achievement Award 1982 Best P. I. Short Story 1983 St. Martins' Press/ PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest 1986 Friends of PWA 2002 Best P. I. Series/Characters – The Hammer 2007
Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets.
The following writers have all received a Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. For the individual books and short stories that have received Shamus's, see Category:Shamus Award–winning works .
Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet will show us when it stages the U.S. premiere of Atonement, a dance adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel–turned–Oscar-winning film, at the Lyric Opera House (October ...
The following books received a Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. For Shamus-winning writers, see Category:Shamus Award winners . Pages in category "Shamus Award–winning works"
The Green Table is a ballet by the German choreographer Kurt Jooss. His most popular work, it depicts the futility of peace negotiations of the 1930s. It was the first work to be fully notated using kinetography Laban (Labanotation). It is in the repertoire of ballet companies worldwide, where it has been staged by Jooss himself.
The Joffrey Ballet eventually settled down in New York City, under the name the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. In 1962, modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring possible (Soviet Union, 1963), but in 1964 she and Joffrey ...
Lucy was a professional ballet dancer with the Joffrey Concert Group, the Maryland Ballet, and Virginia State Ballet. Her career as a classical ballet dancer ended in 1984 when a car ran over her foot, rendering it impossible for her to dance en pointe.