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This book is a perceptive and critical account of the first 75
years of The Royal Ballet, tracing the company's growth, and its
great cultural importance - an indispensable book for all lovers of
ballet. In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with
just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it
became - was established as one of the world's great companies. It
has produced celebrated dancers, from Margot Fonteyn to Darcey
Bussell, and one of the richest repertoires in ballet. The company
danced through the Blitz, won an international reputation in a
single New York performance and added to the glamour of London's
Swinging Sixties. It has established a distinctive English school
of ballet, a pure classical style that could do justice to the
19th-century repertory and to new British classics. Leading dance
critic, Zoe Anderson, vividly portrays the extraordinary
personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such
an impact on their audiences. She looks at the bad times as well as
the good, examining the controversial directorships of Norman
Morrice and Ross Stretton and the criticism fired at the company as
the Royal Opera House closed for redevelopment.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
A richly informed, up-to-date performance guide to more than 140
favorite ballets, from the classical era to the present day This
engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved
ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe
Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core international repertory
that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet
to the edgy, muscular works of modern choreographers. She provides
a wealth of facts and insights, including information familiar only
to dance world insiders, and considers such recent works as Alexei
Ramansky's Shostakovich Trilogy and Christopher Wheeldon's The
Winter's Tale as well as older ballets once forgotten but now
returned to the repertory, such as Sylvia. To enhance enjoyment of
each ballet, Anderson also offers tips on what to look for during a
performance. Each chapter introduces a period of ballet history and
provides an overview of innovations and advancement in the art
form. In the individual entries that follow, Anderson includes
essential facts about each ballet's themes, plot, composers,
choreographers, dance style, and music. The author also addresses
the circumstances of each ballet's creation and its effect in the
theater, and she recounts anecdotes that illuminate performance
history and reception. Reliable, accessible, and fully up to date,
this book will delight anyone who attends the ballet, participates
in ballet, or simply loves ballet and wants to know much more about
it.
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