The Cambridge Companion to Ballet - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521539862 ISBN 13: 9780521539869

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Riassunto

Ballet is a paradox: much loved but little studied. It is a beautiful fairy tale; detached from its origins and unrelated to the men and women who created it. Yet ballet has a history, little known and rarely presented. These great works have dark sides and moral ambiguities, not always nor immediately visible. The daring and challenging quality of ballet as well as its perceived 'safe' nature is not only one of its fascinations but one of the intriguing questions to be explored in this Companion. The essays reveal the conception, intent and underlying meaning of ballets and recreate the historical reality in which they emerged. The reader will find new and unexpected aspects of ballet, its history and its aesthetics, the evolution of plot and narrative, new insights into the reality of training, the choice of costume and the transformation of an old art in a modern world.

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Recensione:

' ... a stimulating read if your curiosity has already been aroused as to how and why ballet is like it is, and whether it has a future as well as a past.' Dance Now

'This volume has a place in the libraries of dance institutions, but history departments may find it of use, as will anyone with a keen interest in classical and modern dance.' Reference Reviews

Descrizione del libro:

This Companion traces the evolution of ballet as a theatrical art from the fifteenth to the end of the twentieth century. An international team of writers discuss important and interesting aspects of a much beloved art form that has many friends but few historical reference books.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521539862
• ISBN 13: 9780521539869
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 396
• Redattore: Kant Marion