芭蕾舞爱好者的伴侣-The Ballet Lover's Companion

标题（title）：The Ballet Lover's Companion
芭蕾舞爱好者的伴侣
作者（author）：Zoe Anderson
出版社（publisher）：Yale University Press
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格式（extension）：epub
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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,...
Table of contents :
Content: ""Cover page""
""Half title page""
""Title page""
""Copyright page""
""Dedication""
""CONTENTS""
""PREFACE""
""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""
""A GLOSSARY OF BALLET TERMS""
""1 BALLET�S BEGINNINGS""
""2 THE ROMANTIC BALLET""
""3 IMPERIAL BALLET""
""4 THE BALLETS RUSSES AND AFTER""
""5 NATIONAL BALLETS""
""6 SOVIET BALLET""
""7 THE BALLET BOOM""
""8 INTERNATIONAL BALLET: CROSSING BOUNDARIES""
""NOTES""
""INDEX OF BALLET TITLES""
""GENERAL INDEX""