Karen Eliot

Albion's Dance

British Ballet During the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the ballet boom in Britain during WWII, this book asks how art and artists thrive during conflict. Author Karen Eliot shows how ballet in Britain flourished during war, exhibiting a surprising heterogeneity and vibrant populism. The book focuses especially on the roles of dance critics, male and female dancers, producers, audiences, and choreographers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199347629
• ISBN-10: 019934762X
• Artikelnr.: 47871020

Autorenporträt

Karen Eliot danced in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company during the 1980s. She is a Professor in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University where she has taught for over 20 years. Her books include Dancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham (2007), and the edited anthology, Dance on its Own Terms: Histories and Methodologies (2013) with co-editor Melanie Bales. She serves on the advisory board of Dance Chronicle. Her articles appear in: Dance Chronicle ; Dance Gazette; The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Book Reviews Online; and Dance Research Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The British Ballet and its Critics at the Onset of War
Chapter Two: Making Ballet Central to British Wartime Experience
Chapter Three: The Dancers' Experience
Chapter Four: Propaganda, Publicity, and Social Pressure: Ballet in Discourse and Deed
Chapter Five: The Function of the Classics in Wartime
Chapter Six: Programming the Repertoire
Chapter Seven: British Choreography during the War
Afterword
Index