Mirrors & scrims [[electronic resource] ] : the life and afterlife of ballet / / Marcia B. Siegel

• Autore: Siegel Marcia B
• Pubblicazione: Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.809
• Soggetto topico: Ballet - History; Ballet dancers - History; Ballet companies - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 SweetEverybody'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 LandscapeMiami 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 AmericannessEvolution/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 MigrationsToe 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
• Sommario/riassunto: How ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture
• Titolo autorizzato: Mirrors & scrims
• ISBN: 1-283-11503-4; 9786613115034; 0-8195-7113-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461625103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II