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The current notion of ballet history holds that the theatrical
dance of the eighteenth century was simple, earthbound, and limited
in range of motion scarcely different from the ballroom dance of
the same period. Contemporary opinion also maintains that this
early form of ballet was largely a stranger to the tours de force
of grand jumps, multiple turns, and lifts so typical of classical
ballet, owing to a supposed prevailing sense of Victorian-like
decorum. The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet explodes this
utterly false view of ballet history, showing that there were in
fact a variety of different styles of dance cultivated in this era,
from the simple to the remarkably difficult, from the dignified
earthbound to the spirited airborne, from the gravely serious to
the grotesquely ridiculous. This is a fascinating exploration of
the various styles of eighteenth-century dance covering ballroom
and ballet, the four traditional styles of theatrical dance,
regional preferences for given styles, and the importance of
caprice, dance according to gender, the overall voluptuous nature
of stage dancing, and finally dance notation and costume. Fairfax
takes the reader on an in-depth journey through the world of ballet
in the age of Mozart, Boucher, and Casanova.
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