Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

Autorentext

Dance critic and historian Lynn Garafola is the editor of Rethinking the Sylph: New Perspectives on the Romantic Edition and coeditor of Andréevinson on Dance: Writings from Paris in the Twenties. She lives in New York City.

Klappentext

"In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (1872-1"

Inhalt
Art The Liberating Aesthetic of Michel Fokine The Vanguard Poetic of Vaslac Nijinsky The Making of Ballet Modernism The Twenties Enterprise Russian Origins Into the Marketplace Underwriting Modernism: American Intermezzo Era of the Dance Boom Protean Identities Audience Paris: The Cultivated Audience London: Lords, Ladies, and Literati The Postwar Audience Epilogue Appendix A: Works Created by Michel Fokine, 1905-1917 Appendix B: Operas Produced by Serge Diaghilev Appendix C: Ballets Produced by Serge Diaghilev