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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Anderson, Zoë
Titre(s) : The ballet lover's companion [Texte imprimé] / Zoe Anderson
Publication : New Haven : Yale University press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-370 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Ballet's beginnings ; The Romantic ballet ; Imperial ballet ; The Ballets Ruses
and after ; National ballets ; Soviet ballet ; The ballet boom ; International
ballet: crossing boundaries.
Note(s) : "This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen
on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a
core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic
ballet to the edgy, muscular works of modern choreographers. She provides a wealth
of facts and insights, including information familiar only to dance world insiders,
and considers such recent works as Alexei Ramansky's Shostakovich Trilogy and Christopher
Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale as well as older ballets once forgotten but now returned
to the repertory, such as Sylvia. To enhance enjoyment of each ballet, Anderson also
offers tips on what to look for during a performance. Each chapter introduces a period
of ballet history and provides an overview of innovations and advancement in the art
form. In the individual entries that follow, Anderson includes essential facts about
each ballet's themes, plot, composers, choreographers, dance style, and music. The
author also addresses the circumstances of each ballet's creation and its effect in
the theater, and she recounts anecdotes that illuminate performance history and reception.
Reliable, accessible, and fully up to date, this book will delight anyone who attends
the ballet, participates in ballet, or simply loves ballet and wants to know much
more about it."--Publisher description
Sujet(s) : Ballet -- Histoire
Danse -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
792.809 (23e éd.) = Ballet et danse moderne - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300154283 (hardback). - ISBN 0300154283 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443292569
Notice n° :
FRBNF44329256
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