Dance: A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing - Hardcover
Chronicles the development of Western ballet focusing on the social and cultural forces which influenced the dancer's art.
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About the Author:
Lincoln Kirstein founded the School of American Ballet in 1934 with George Balanchine, and in 1948 the two men established the New York City Ballet, for which Kirstein served as general director until l989. He wrote more than five hundred books, articles, and monographs on the arts, as well as criticism, poetry, novels, and a number of historical and autobiographical works. He died in 1996.
Muriel Stuart, the last protegee of Anna Pavlova, was an instructor at the School of American Ballet for thirty-five years.
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Muriel Stuart, the last protegee of Anna Pavlova, was an instructor at the School of American Ballet for thirty-five years.
"Serving a need long recognized, Mr. Kirstein draws upon an intelligence, scholarship and taste which yield the fullest possible satisfaction. His book is a definitive work."-Books
?Serving a need long recognized, Mr. Kirstein draws upon an intelligence, scholarship and taste which yield the fullest possible satisfaction. His book is a definitive work.?-Books
?Serving a need long recognized, Mr. Kirstein draws upon an intelligence, scholarship and taste which yield the fullest possible satisfaction. His book is a definitive work.?-Books
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- PublisherLiterary Licensing, LLC
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1258789094
- ISBN 13 9781258789091
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages428
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