Susan Au

Ballet and Modern Dance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to the rich history of western dance in all its incarnations from 16th-century court ballet to the genre-shattering contortions of 21st-century theatrical dance. Part of the "World of Art" series, it is updated for the new millennium to feature various styles, performers and technology.

Produktdetails

• World of Art
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 149mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780500204115
• ISBN-10: 050020411X
• Artikelnr.: 34743695

Autorenporträt

Dance historian and author Susan Au was an archivist, dance historian and writer; James Rutter is a freelance arts critic and former lecturer based in Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction (new, by JR) - 1. A Most Obedient Servant - 2. The Rise of Professionalism - 3. The Development of the Ballet d'Action - 4. Ascent and Descent - 5. Crystallization and Ferment in Russia - 6. First Steps towards a New Form - 7. 'Astonish Me' - 8. Truly Modern - 9. The Decentralization of Ballet - 10. The Metamorphosis of Growth - 11. A Time of Growth - 12. Moving into the New Millennium (revised and extended by JR) - Endmatter

Rezensionen

'Immediately readable and impressively panoramic...with a wealth of illustrations and newly-researched detail' - Times Literary Supplement