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.
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