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Author : Carol Lee
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415942577
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ballet in Western Culture written by Carol Lee and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the development of ballet from the origins of dance through the 20th century.
Author : Christina Ezrahi
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822978075
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book Swans of the Kremlin written by Christina Ezrahi and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical ballet was perhaps the most visible symbol of aristocratic culture and its isolation from the rest of Russian society under the tsars. In the wake of the October Revolution, ballet, like all of the arts, fell under the auspices of the Soviet authorities. In light of these events, many feared that the imperial ballet troupes would be disbanded. Instead, the Soviets attempted to mold the former imperial ballet to suit their revolutionary cultural agenda and employ it to reeducate the masses. As Christina Ezrahi's groundbreaking study reveals, they were far from successful in this ambitious effort to gain complete control over art. Swans of the Kremlin offers a fascinating glimpse at the collision of art and politics during the volatile first fifty years of the Soviet period. Ezrahi shows how the producers and performers of Russia's two major troupes, the Mariinsky (later Kirov) and the Bolshoi, quietly but effectively resisted Soviet cultural hegemony during this period. Despite all controls put on them, they managed to maintain the classical forms and traditions of their rich artistic past and to further develop their art form. These aesthetic and professional standards proved to be the power behind the ballet's worldwide appeal. The troupes soon became the showpiece of Soviet cultural achievement, as they captivated Western audiences during the Cold War period. Based on her extensive research into official archives, and personal interviews with many of the artists and staff, Ezrahi presents the first-ever account of the inner workings of these famed ballet troupes during the Soviet era. She follows their struggles in the postrevolutionary period, their peak during the golden age of the 1950s and 1960s, and concludes with their monumental productions staged to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution in 1968.
Author : Diane Bailey
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1629693154
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Dance written by Diane Bailey and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines Western dance's original European roots, the ways and styles in which it has expanded and changed, and how it has grown into such an integral part of Western culture. Special features include a timeline, Art Spotlights, infographics, and fact bubbles. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Jennifer Homans
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1847084540
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book Apollo's Angels written by Jennifer Homans and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century through to our own time, from Italy and France to Britain, Denmark, Russia and contemporary America. The reader learns how ballet reflected political and cultural upheavals, how dance and dancers were influenced by the Renaissance and French Classicism, by Revolution and Romanticism, by Expressionism and Bolshevism, Modernism and the Cold War. Homans shows how and why 'the steps' were never just the steps: they were a set of beliefs and a way of life. She takes the reader into the lives of dancers and traces the formal evolution of technique, choreography and performance. Her book ends by looking at the contemporary crisis in ballet now that 'the masters are dead and gone' and offers a passionate plea for the centrality of classical dance in our civilization. Apollo's Angels is a book with broad popular appeal: beautifully written and illustrated, it is essential reading for anyone interested in history, culture and art.
Author : Alexander Bland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Ballet and Dance in the Western World written by Alexander Bland and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne Searcy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190945109
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ballet in the Cold War written by Anne Searcy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the Cold War, the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union developed cultural exchange programs, in which they sent performing artists abroad in order to generate goodwill for their countries. Ballet companies were frequently called on to serve in these programs, particularly in the direct Soviet-American exchange. This book analyzes four of the early ballet exchange tours, demonstrating how this series of encounters changed both geopolitical relations and the history of dance. The ballet tours were enormously popular. Performances functioned as an important symbolic meeting point for Soviet and American officials, creating goodwill and normalizing relations between the two countries in an era when nuclear conflict was a real threat. At the same time, Soviet and American audiences did not understand ballet in the same way. As American companies toured in the Soviet Union and vice-versa, audiences saw the performances through the lens of their own local aesthetics. Ballet in the Cold War introduces the concept of transliteration to understand this process, showing how much power viewers wielded in the exchange and explaining how the dynamics of the Cold War continue to shape ballet today"--
Author : Deirdre Kelly
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771640006
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ballerina written by Deirdre Kelly and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection--the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century--who often led double lives as concubines--through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers in the 1800's and the anorexic and bulimic ballerinas of George Balanchine, starvation and exploitation have plagued ballerinas throughout history. Using the stories of great dancers such as Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, Evelyn Hart, Marie Camargo, and Misty Copeland, Deirdre Kelly exposes the true rigors for women in ballet. She rounds her critique with examples of how the world of ballet is slowly evolving for the better. But to ensure that this most graceful of dance forms survives into the future, she says that the time has come to rethink ballet, to position the ballerina at its center and accord her the respect she deserves.
Author : Adesola Akinleye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789383614
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Re Claiming Ballet written by Adesola Akinleye and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trenton Hamilton
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1680480790
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Western Dance written by Trenton Hamilton and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From soaring ballet leaps to the simple swaying at a high school prom, dance is the wedding of movement to music. It is a means of recreation, of communication--for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself. This engaging narrative, with biographical profiles, discusses Western dance as an art form, a folk tradition, and an entertainment spectacle. It examines the wide ranging dance types, including some of ancient rituals, Christian dance ecstasies, court and folk dances, ballet, social dances, the waltz, ballroom, tap, modern dance, and break and hip-hop dancing.
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Barefoot Books
ISBN 13 : 1841482293
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories written by Jane Yolen and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retellings of seven of the world's greatest ballet stories.
