The Ballet Lover's Companion / Zoe Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Zoë, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballet.

Ballet--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780300154290

OCLC:

908253372