Synopsis

A Century of Russian Ballet

A Century of Russian Ballet $39.99

Roland John Wiley

Published by DanceBooks

This brings its readers as close as written records can to the realities of being a student, dancer, choreographer, or critic, in Russia from the period 1810 to 1910

It is built on a framework of famous ballets (translations of the printed libretti of which are included) by such celebrated choreographers as Charles Didelot, Filippo Taglioni, Jules Perrot, Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, and Mikhail Fokine

On to this framework are placed eyewitness accounts and criticisms, including biographies of choreographers, accounts of life in the imperial theatres' school, reminiscences of important artists, and reviews of first performances

Each of the ten chapters of the book is introduced with further commentary which draws on press accounts and literature of the time

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