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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817962203321

Autore

Wiley Roland John

Titolo

The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake / / Roland John Wiley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Clarendon, , 2023

ISBN

1-383-00841-8

0-19-165759-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

792.8/028/092

B

Soggetti

Choreographers - Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages[287]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; I: THE LIFE OF LEV IVANOVICH IVANOV; 1 Ivanov's Memoirs; 2 Lev Ivanov's Life; II: THE BALLETS OF LEV IVANOV; 3 Ivanov's First Ballets; 4 The Tulip of Haarlem; 5 Krasnoe Selo; 6 Operatic Interludes; 7 The Nutcracker; 8 Between The Nutcracker and Swan Lake; 9 Swan Lake; 10 Ivanov's Last Ballets; Conclusion; Appendices; A: Works in which Lev Ivanov Danced; B: The Compositions of Lev Ivanov; C: The Libretti of Lev Ivanov's Ballets; D: Evgenia Pavlovna Sokolova's Notes on the Part of Lise in La Fille mal gardée; Select Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Wiley follows Ivanov from his infancy in a St Petersburg foundling home through his training in the Imperial Theatre School to a career as dancer, r�egisseur and choreographer in the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet.