The Paris Opaera Ballet

by Ivor Guest

The Paris Opera Ballet is the cradle of ballet, tracing the origin of ballet as a theatre art back to its foundation by Louis XIV in 1669. Over three centuries dance has retained its place as a potent element in its repertory in a long sequence of ballets and divertissements that have been presented on a succession of stages, culminating in the Palais Garnier and the Op ra Bastille. Ivor Guest, the world's leading authority on French ballet was commissioned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852731095
• ISBN13: 9781852731090
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Dance Books Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"