The encyclopedia of world ballet
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The encyclopedia of world ballet
Rowman & Littlefield, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to thrive and delight audiences all over the globe.
In The Encyclopedia of World Ballet, Mary Ellen Snodgrass surveys the emergence of ballet from ancient Asian models to the present, providing overviews of rhythmic movement as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. Entries in this volume reveal the nature and purpose of ballet, detailing specifics about leaders in classic design and style, influential costumers and companies, and trends in technique, partnering, variation, and liturgical execution.
This reference covers:
*Choreographers
*Composers
*Costumers
*Dance companies
*Dancers
*Productions
*Set designers
*Techniques
*Terminology
Among the principal figures included here are Alvin Ailey, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pierre Beauchamp, Sergei Diaghilev, Agnes DeMille, Nacho Duato, Isadora Duncan, Boris Eifman, Mats Ek, Erte, Martha Graham, Inigo Jones, Louis XIV, Amalia Hernandez Navarro, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Agrippina Vaganova. This work also features dance companies from the Americas, Australia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and Vietnam. Productions include such universal narrative favorites as Coppelia, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Scheherazade, Firebird, and Swan Lake.
Featuring a chronology that identifies key events and figures, this volume highlights significant developments in stage presentations over the centuries. The Encyclopedia of World Ballet will serve general readers, dance instructors, and enthusiasts from middle school through college as well as professional coaches and performers, troupe directors, journalists, and historians of the arts.
目次
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Text A-Z
Chronology
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
About the Author
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