Ballet 101,9780879103255

Ballet 101

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ISBN13: 9780879103255
ISBN10: 0879103256
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-12-15
Publisher(s): Limelight Editions
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Summary

If you have been looking for a complete guide to help you understand and appreciate one of the most beautiful examples of the performing arts, this new edition of Ballet 101 is the book for you. Noted dance writer and critic Robert Greskovic's comprehensive handbook covers ballet basics while offering insights even connoisseurs will appreciate.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
I THE HISTORY OF BALLET
1. Let the History Begin...
3(8)
2. Le Ballet: A Man's World
11(4)
3. Ballerinas and the Danse d'École
15(7)
4. Gentle Women and Gentle Men of the Ballet
22(6)
5. The Pre-Romantic and Romantic Eras
28(7)
6. French Art in Danish and Russian Quarters
35(5)
7. Grand Pa Petipa and His Empire
40(7)
8. Russia Surpasses France
47(4)
9. Diaghilev Does Paris
51(9)
10. Ballet's Roving Ambassadress
60(3)
11. Nijinska and Neoclassicism
63(3)
12. George Balanchine in Europe
66(6)
13. Ballet Takes Root in Britain
72(6)
14. Fred and Margot
78(6)
15. Paris, Opera, and Ballet
84(6)
16. Soviet Russia, Nureyev, England, and the World
90(8)
17. Rudi in England and Around the World
98(4)
18. America, Ballet, and Balanchine
102(5)
19. America, New York City, and Ballet
107(5)
20. Beyond the Paris Opera and Beyond Paris
112(4)
21. Starry Nights
116(4)
22. A Top Three and More
120(3)
23. At War and Peace with Modern Dance
123(4)
24. Back in the USSR
127(4)
25. Far from Denmark
131(3)
26. Leading Male Dancers Lead
134(3)
27. Harlem, Cuba, China, Japan, South America
137(4)
28. Post-Script: Dancers, Dancers, Dancers
141(4)
II THE DANCERS
1. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Ballet
145(5)
2. Men and Women at Work
150(11)
3. Boys to Men
161(3)
4. Corpsmen and Middlemen
164(6)
5. Primo Ballerinos
170(6)
6. Corps de Ballet Feminin
176(5)
7. Queen Bees
181(6)
III LOOKING AT A BALLET
1. Looking at Ballets
187(10)
2. Ballets Without Stories
197(5)
3. Getting Ballet on the Stage
202(4)
4. Revivals and Resurrections
206(5)
5. Salut du Roi
211(6)
IV THE FAMOUS BALLETS
1. At the Ballet
217(5)
2. Romantic Classical Ballet: Swan Lake
222(31)
3. Popular Beyond Ballet: The Nutcracker
253(20)
4. Classical Classical Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
273(25)
5. Mature Romantic Ballet: Giselle
298(27)
6. Ballet Embodying the Ideal: La Sylphide
325(22)
7. Ballet of Mood: Les Sylphides
347(12)
8. Romantic Turning Classical: La Bayadère
359(23)
9. Renewing Classicism: Apollo
382(15)
10. Neo-Romanticism, Neo-Primitivism, and Neoclassicism: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Triple Bill
397(22)
11. Sunny and Funny and Fine: La Fille Mal Gardée
419(29)
12. Romantic: Small "r" Big Emotions: Romeo and Juliet
448(33)
13. Pushing and Shoving Ballet a Bit: Push Comes to Shove
481(18)
Glossary of Ballet Terms and Phrases 499(32)
Videography 531(60)
Selected Bibliography 591(16)
Acknowledgments 607(2)
Index 609

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