The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan lake / / Roland John Wiley

• Autore: Wiley Roland John
• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] : , : Clarendon Press; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.8/028/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Choreographers - Russia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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: The Life and Works of Lev Ivanov is the first book-length study in any language about this Russian artist - Marius Petipa's colleague and Tchaikovsky's collaborator - who is widely celebrated and yet virtually unknown. It follows Ivanov from his infancy in a St Petersburg foundling home through his training in the Imperial Theatre School and his celebrity marriage, to a career as a dancer, régisseur, and choreographer in the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet. Ivanov's artisticworld is described, as is his legacy - some dozen works, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and the famous dances from
• Titolo autorizzato: The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov
• ISBN: 1-383-00841-8; 0-19-165759-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791198303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II