Mirrors and Scrims : The Life and Afterlife of Ballet.
Marcia B. Siegel
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (417 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1.LEGENDS -- The Rose and the Scimitar -- Le Sacre Reconstructed -- Afternoon of a Legend -- Nijinsky's Crime against Grace -- Nijinsky in Translation -- When Ballet Leaped into Today -- Dance Theatre of Harlem's Nijinska -- Weddings -- Because I Must -- Balletomaniacs -- Robert Joffrey, 1930-1988 -- The Hum of the Turbine, the Roar of the Crowd -- 2. MOVABLE CLASSICS -- Farm Frolic -- Bolshoi Wrap-up -- Cabrioles at Dawn -- Why We Need the Classics -- Shazam! -- Danes at the Met -- 200 Years of Geniality -- Kitri's Caboodle -- Kirov on Tour -- Swamped -- Swans under Glass -- Kingdom of the Sweet -- Everybody's Treat -- Royal Ballet's Bayadère -- Classic in Retrograde -- Raymonda Redux -- Beautification -- Two Tales Retold -- 3. POSTLUDE & PRELUDE -- George Balanchine, 1904-1983 -- Edwin Denby, 1903-1983 -- Balanchine and Beyond -- The Magic of Mr. B -- Couples -- Putting a Little Orange in Their Life -- Ives and Robbins -- Modern Dance versus Classical Ballet -- Changing the Guards -- Patricia McBride's Farewell -- A Ballet's Best Friend -- Tragic Tropes and Anti-tropes -- Apollonian Ventures -- Village of Dancers -- Chris and Friends -- 4.BALANCHINE DIASPORA -- Mozart Violin Concerto -- Cotillon -- Fable in a Lucite Landscape -- Miami City Ballet -- Ur-texts -- In Search of Repertory -- Guarding the Legacy -- Dances under Glass -- Ballet, Big Time -- Balanchine at Harvard -- Links to a Legacy -- Sparkle Plenty -- Balanchinian Baubles -- What Bodies Are For -- Fateful Journeys -- Decoding Balanchine -- 5. BALLET IN TRANSIT -- Forsythe's Artifact -- De Keersmaeker's Elena's Aria -- Maguy Marin's Babel Babel -- Forsythe and Marin -- Tetley's La Ronde -- Morris's Drink to Me -- Strangers in the Palace -- Too Brief a Fling -- Resurfacing -- Survival Skills -- Planet of Cool.. - Mind Matters -- Lovelyland -- Building Blocks -- Poets Lost and Found -- Dancing Americanness -- Evolution/Devolution -- Dreaming and Remembrance -- A Century in Brief -- Enigma in the Middle -- 6. ON WITH THE SHOW -- No Biz Like It -- Post-ballet Performance -- Jerome Robbins's Broadway -- What They Did for Michael -- Razzle -- Center Stage -- Billy Elliot -- House on Hold -- Crash Dancing -- Braving the Elements -- Hoop Tamer -- Zaloomy Toons -- Largely Bill Irwin -- Clowns in Flight -- Warm with Showers -- Apple Pie -- Multicult-The Show -- Toes on Their Fingers and Drums in Their Heart -- Tapstravaganza -- Tap Meets Highbrow -- Hearts on Fire, Feet on Ice -- 7. RIFFS AND TRANSLATIONS -- Portable Traditions -- Swan Migrations -- Toe Frolic -- Trockin' On -- Decomposing Sugar Plums and Robot Mice -- After-dinner Nuts -- Nureyev's Cinderella -- Grigorovich's The Golden Age -- Anti-balletics -- Yo, Jewels! -- A Dream Awakes -- See It Live -- Waking Somewhere Else -- Wayward Dancing -- Private Domain -- Mysterious Histories -- Plain Folks' Tales -- Reclaiming the Ordinary -- Pomo Retro Rite -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - How ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture.. - Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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