Ballet is a paradox: much loved but little studied. It is a
beautiful fairy tale; detached from its origins and unrelated to
the men and women who created it. Yet ballet has a history, little
known and rarely presented. These great works have dark sides and
moral ambiguities, not always nor immediately visible. The daring
and challenging quality of ballet as well as its perceived
???safe??? nature is not only one of its fascinations but one of
the intriguing questions to be explored in this Companion. The
essays reveal the conception, intent and underlying meaning of
ballets and recreate the historical reality in which they emerged.
The reader will find new and unexpected aspects of ballet, its
history and its aesthetics, the evolution of plot and narrative,
new insights into the reality of training, the choice of costume
and the transformation of an old art in a modern world.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2007 |
| First published: |
2007 |
| Editors: |
Marion Kant
|
| Dimensions: |
182 x 254 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
396 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-83221-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Dance >
Ballet
|
| LSN: |
0-521-83221-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780521832212 |
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