Behind the scenes at the Ballets Russes : stories from a silver age / by Michael Meylac ; afterword by John Neumeier ; foreword by Ismene Brown ; translated by Rosanna Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meĭlakh, Mikhail, author.

Contributor:

Brown, Ismene, writer of foreword.

Gardner, Rosanna, translator.

Neumeier, John, 1939- writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Ballets russes--History.

Ballets russes.

Ballet dancers--Biography.

Ballet dancers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2017.

Language Note:

Text in English, translated from Russian.

Summary:

"The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Inspired by the unique vision of their founder Sergei Diaghilev, the company gained a large international following. In the mid-twentieth century - during the tumultuous years of World War II and the Cold War - the Ballets Russes companies kept the spirit and traditions of Russian ballet alive in the West, touring extensively in America, Europe and Australia. This important new book uncovers previously-unseen interviews and provides insights into the lives of the great figures of the age - from the dancers Anna Pavlova and Alicia Markova to the choreographers Leonide Massine, George Balanchine and Anton Dolin. The dancers' own words reveal what life was really like for the stars of the Ballets Russes and provide fascinating new insights into one of the most vibrant and creative groups of artists of the modern age."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction : Russia and Europe: A Transparent Barrier

Part I: Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Les Ballets Russes de Colonel de Basil and the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo

Working with Diaghilev

The Baby Ballerinas

Working with the Ballets Russes de Colonel de Basil and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

The Ballets Russes in Australia

The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in America

Part II: Marquis de Cuevas and Others

6. Serge Lifar

7. Nina Vyroubova

Part III: The Next Generation

8. Pierre Lacotte

9. Three Portraits

10. The Canadian ballet

11. The Netherlands Ballet

Part IV: The Heirs of the Russian Tradition

12. American ballet

Part V: The Mariinsky Theatre

Part VI: The Wandering Stars

13. Rudolf Nureyev

14. Natalia Makarova

15. Mikhail Baryshnikov

16. Two Portraits

Postscript, List of Illustrations, Index.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350985476

1350985473

9781786732057

178673205X

9781786722058

1786722054

OCLC:

1147834489