Encyclopedia of World Ballet

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to thrive and delight audiences all over the globe. In The Encyclopedia of World Ballet,Mary Ellen Snodgrass surveys the emergence of ballet from ancient Asian models to the present, providing overviews of rhythmic movement as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. Entries in this volume reveal the nature and purpose of ballet, detailing specifics about leaders in classic design and style, influential costumers and companies, and trends in technique, partnering, variation, and liturgical execution. This reference covers:ChoreographersComposersCostumers Dance companiesDancersProductionsSet designersTechniquesTerminologyAmong the principal figures included here are Alvin Ailey, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pierre Beauchamp, Sergei Diaghilev, Agnes DeMille, Nacho Duato, Isadora Duncan, Boris Eifman, Mats Ek, Erté, Martha Graham, Inigo Jones, Louis XIV, Amalia Hernández Navarro, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Agrippina Vaganova. This work also features dance companies from the Americas, Australia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and Vietnam. Productions include such universal narrative favorites as Coppélia, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Scheherazade, Firebird, and Swan Lake.Featuring a chronology that identifies key events and figures, this volume highlights significant developments in stage presentations over the centuries. The Encyclopedia of World Ballet will serve general readers, dance instructors, and enthusiasts from middle school through college as well as professional coaches and performers, troupe directors, journalists, and historians of the arts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-06-08
Mått183 x 262 x 30 mm
Vikt1 066 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor424
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442245259

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Mary Ellen Snodgrass taught high school and university classes for twenty-three yearsand served as a state humanities lecturer and member of the NC Library Commission. She is the author of several award-winning reference volumes including Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2006), Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (1995), Encyclopedia of Fable (1998), Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad (2007), and Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (2013).

Encyclopedist Snodgrass concentrates here on the historical and international aspects of ballet. The book’s 170 entries, which are complemented by a variety of color and black-and-white photographs, address topics such as people (dancers, choreographers, companies), ballets, eras, and concepts. A chronology spans from 802 CE (Apsara court dance) to the present. Each summary provides an overview citing a single source supported by the bibliography (at the end of the book) that separates primary and secondary sources. American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi are examined, along with the Greek National Opera Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, and Philippine Ballet Theatre, among others. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Nederlands Dans Theater are also featured. Major Ballets (Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Rite of Spring) are profiled along with important choreographers (Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Isadora Duncan). Dancers (Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, Vaslav Nijinksy) and the interesting subjects of folkloric ballet and ballet music are highlighted. Concepts such as character role, divertissement, and partnering are considered, as are attire, including shoes. Verdict: This encyclopedia contributes significant information as a starting point in learning about the many facets of ballet and will be helpful to high school and college students doing research papers on the subject. Teens may enjoy it as a view on the terpsichorean world. Libraries should own a current dance encyclopedia, and this single volume with an international focus is an ideal choice.