A Century of Russian Ballet: Documents and Accounts, 1810-1910

by Roland John Wiley

Book Overview

This collection of original documents, many appearing in English for the first time, presents a compelling picture of a century of Russian ballet. The documents, which include the printed libretti of Didelot, Taglioni, Perrot, St-L on, Petipa, and Fokine, convey an accurate outline of balletic conventions in nineteenth-century Russia, and describe techniques of stagecraft, the social setting of ballet, the rise of criticism, and the life of ballet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193164167
• ISBN13: 9780193164161
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"