From Petipa to Balanchine : classical revival and the modernization of ballet
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From Petipa to Balanchine : classical revival and the modernization of ballet
Routledge, 1994
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Bibliography: p. 155-164
Includes index
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In this rich interdisciplinary study Tim Scholl provides a provocative and timely re-evaluation of the development of ballet from the 1880s to the middle of the twentieth century. In the light of a thoughtful re-appraisal of dance classicism he locates the roots of modern ballet in the works of Marius Petipa, rather than in the much-celebrated choreographic experiements of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe.
Not only is this the first book to present nineteenth- and twentieth-century ballet as a continuous rather than broken tradition, From Petipa to Balanchine places works such as Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Apollo and Jewells in their proper cultural and artistic context.
The only English-language study to be based on the original Russian soures, this book will be essential reading for all dance scholars. Written in an engaging and elegant style it will also appeal to anyone interested in the history of ballet generally.
Table of Contents
1 Russian ballet in the late nineteenth century 2 Sleeping Beauty: Ballet-feerie as Gesamtkunstwerk 3 Ballet Ruse: The Dying Swan 4 Crisis in the academy: The death of the maiden 5 Two Apollos 6 Bodies and buildings
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