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Books on: ballet renaissance

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The Lure of Perfection: Fashion and Ballet, 1780-1830

Book by Judith Chazin Bennahum; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Ballet--Costume--France--History--18th Century, Ballet--Costume--France--History--19th Century, Fashion--Social Aspects--France--History--18th Century, Fashion--Social Aspects--France--History--19th Century

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...1988. ---. Livrets of Ballets and Pantomimes 1787-1801...Mary and Clement Crisp. Ballet Art: From the Renaissance to the Present . New York...1978. ---. Design for Ballet . London: Studio Vista...765. Daly, Ann. Classical Ballet: A Discourse of Difference...
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The Choreography of Antony Tudor: Focus on Four Ballets

Book by R. Chamberlain Duerden; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Ballet, Choreography, Tudor, Antony--1909-1987--Criticism And Interpretation

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...Rambert he began work on a ballet based on the Finnish Kalevala...he explored the idea of a ballet based on the work of Marcel Proust Two early ballets were Cross-Garterd and Lysistrata...The former was Tudors first ballet, made for the Ballet Club...Berman, that reflect the Renaissance period in which the action...
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Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema

Book by Adrienne L. Mclean; Rutgers University Press, 2008

Subjects:

Ballet In Motion Pictures, Television, Etc

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...that had brought about this renaissance was only six months old...had not brought about the renaissance Garafola names. Garafolas...Red Shoes in the context of ballet bowling over Broadway and...place where a theatrical ballet company could become internationally...altogether. Second, in America, ballets increasing stature remained...
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Adeline Genaee: A Lifetime of Ballet under Six Reigns; Based on the Personal Reminiscences of Dame Adeline Genaee-isitt, D.B.E

Book by Ivor Guest; A & C Black, 1958

Subjects:

Ballet Dancers--Denmark--Biography, Ballet Dancers--Great Britain--Biography

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...foreign stars, both of opera and ballet. The lack of continuity in...the dependence on dancers and ballet-masters from France and Italy...certain impermanence to the ballet department. Despite several...thirties and forties, another renaissance had followed, when the great...
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Art in Modern Ballet

Book by George Amberg; Pantheon Books, 1946

Subjects:

Ballet, Scene Painting

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...intelligible. This accounts for the ballets easy geographical spread and...representatives. The history of the ballet demonstrates a constant shift...century with the royal court ballets in France, it passed through...twentieth-century opera ballet reveals traces of some anonymous...the persistence of Italian Renaissance and French Baroque motifs...

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Journal Articles on: ballet renaissance

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The Performance of Male Nobility in Moliere's Comedie-Ballets: Staging the Courtier

Journal article by Nadine D. Pederson; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Performance of Male Nobility in Moliere's Comedie-Ballets: Staging the Courtier (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...of Male Nobility in Molieres Comedie-Ballets: Staging the Courtier. Aldershot...Professor Smiths study of Molieres comedies-ballets is based on her 1995 PhD dissertation...faced in working within the comedie-ballet form, which intermingled full-length...interpretation of Molieres comedies-ballets becomes even more complex when scholars...
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Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera and the Subversive Utopia of the Opera-ballet

Journal article by Georgia Cowart; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art criticism, Art history, Ballet, France, Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715), Opera, Politics, Royalty, Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721)

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...satirical attacks on eponymous court ballets, the Ballet des arts of 1663 and the Ballet des...Trojan horses of fete, these public ballets infiltrated the topoi of the court ballet to attack the imagery of absolutism...here between the Pilgrimage and the ballet. Though the minuet permeates all the ballets under discussion, as the central sacred...
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Labyrinth Dances in the French and English Renaissance

Journal article by Thomas M. Greene; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001

Subjects:

Choreography--Philosophy, Dancing--Philosophy, Labyrinths--Usage, Renaissance--Social aspects

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...French and English Renaissance by Thomas M. Greene Some descriptions of ballets performed at the late...exercised an influence on Renaissance dancing. A sonnet...describing a labyrinthine ballet invites at least two...ancestors of these ballets in ancient dances...certain strands in Renaissance culture, chiefly in court ballet, to the body of tantalizing...
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Giordano Bruno and the Stuart Court Masques

Journal article by Hilary Gatti; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995

Subjects:

Bruno, Giordano--Influence, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Masques--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...the decadent and declining Renaissance court. They suggest that...eroici furori read like a Renaissance emblem book, with the difference...in the English sense than a ballet, with a written text and...Peace." English Literary Renaissance 16 (1986): 182-205...
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Dance and the Garden: Moving and Static Choreography in Renaissance Europe

Journal article by Jennifer Nevile; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1999

Subjects:

Dancing--Social aspects, Garden walks--Social aspects, Gardens--Design and construction, Renaissance--Social aspects

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...choreographic patterns of Renaissance dance practices, I argue...of the art of dance in the Renaissance were the same as those which...practice and in garden design of Renaissance Europe is that in order to...patterns for the French court ballets as was found in Italian court...18) The creator of Le Ballet comique de la royne, Balthazar...

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Magazine Articles on: ballet renaissance

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Atlanta's Dance Renaissance: At 80, Atlanta Ballet Taps into the Pulse of Its Vibrant City

Magazine article by Cynthia Bond Perry; Dance Magazine, Vol. 84, January 2010

Subjects:

Atlanta Ballet Company--Performances, Atlanta Ballet Company--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Ballet companies--Performances, Ballet companies--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

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Atlantas Dance Renaissance: At 80, Atlanta Ballet Taps into the Pulse of Its...Atlanta rooftops. At Atlanta Ballets studio, about 10 dancers...audience favorite. Atlanta Ballet has presented two other Pink ballets as well. Pink has encouraged...Next August, Atlanta Ballet moves into new headquarters...downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Ballets vitality and strength arise...
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American Ballet Theatre

Magazine article by Doris Hering; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, September 1999

Subjects:

Anastasia (Ballet)--Reviews, Dancing--Reviews

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...sustain him, and the prior ballet versions of Leonid Lavrovsky...is his most richly realized ballet--with a verve and intelligence of its own. Like a Renaissance fresco, the ballet is rich in detail. For example...the classroom. Much of the ballets magic lies in Desmond Heeleys...
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Ballet West Rediscovered: Holding onto Its Utah Roots While Looking toward the Future

Magazine article by Jessica Romine Peterson; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, February 2002

Subjects:

Ballet West--Management, Ballet companies--Management

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...structured for the goals we have. Ballet West is on the threshold of a renaissance, ready to be discovered again." Ballet West produces two mixed...programs and two evening-length ballets each season with its forty...classical interpretations of ballet, need to see how the art...
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Fredmann Takes Artistic Helm at Kirov Academy of Ballet

Magazine article by Lisa Traiger; Dance Teacher, Vol. 33, October 2011

Subjects:

Artistic directors, Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Artistic Helm at Kirov Academy of Ballet by Lisa Traiger "The atmosphere...director of Kirov Academy of Ballet, the Washington, DC-based...director and CEO of Colorado Ballet replaces former Kirov Ballet...Were going through a real renaissance right now with the school...
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Creating Sylvia: Eros Triumphs over Diana in Mark Morris' New Work for San Francisco Ballet

Magazine article by Mark Morris; Dance Magazine, Vol. 78, May 2004

Subjects:

Choreographers--Personal narratives, Choreographers--Works, Delibes, Leo--Works, San Francisco Ballet Company--Works, Sylvia (Ballet)

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...new work for San Francisco Ballet, the choreographer went to...remembered from childhood ballet class--Leo Delibes Sylvia...research took him to the Italian Renaissance poem on which the ballets libretto was based, a romantic...began to create steps. His ballet, the first American production...

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Newspaper Articles on: ballet renaissance

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How Wayne Will Change the Shape of the Royal Ballet; the Man Who Brought the White Stripes to Covent Garden Is a Surprising Choice for the Royal Ballet's Choreographer, but, Writes Norman Lebrecht, It Is Certainly an Exciting One

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 5, 2006

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Change the Shape of the Royal Ballet; the Man Who Brought the...Surprising Choice for the Royal Ballets Choreographer, but, Writes...LEBRECHT HE IS A bad boy, a ballet outsider, a choreographer...different future for the Royal Ballet. She may appoint another...world for the Royal Ballet, a renaissance by any other name. . www...
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Our Pas De Trois; Main Stage: The Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 14, 2011

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets, Swan Lake (Ballet)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Main Stage: The Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia...McLauchlan ATRIO of beautiful ballet productions heads to Darlingtons...next week. The Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia will...foremost ballet companies evoke Renaissance Verona with all its bitter...
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It's Game, Set and Love Match for Ballet; REVIEW: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Wales Millennium Centre ....

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 9, 2010

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Game, Set and Love Match for Ballet; REVIEW: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Wales Millennium Centre...performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet is a celebration of the beauty...I adored the tableau of a Renaissance painting of courtiers, flanked...
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On the Blocks for a Cultural Olympiad; Team GB: Clockwise from below, CandCo, the Royal Ballet and ZooNation Have Been Chosen to Represent the London Games

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 13, 2008

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Olympiad; Team GB: Clockwise from below, CandCo, the Royal Ballet and ZooNation Have Been Chosen to Represent the London Games...British cinema has stumbled back into the groove. London is the Renaissance City of the third millennium and the Olympics its shining...
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The Glory and Glamo O Our of Gershwin; Ahead of Strictly Gershwin Coming to Liverpool, Jamie Bowman Meets 'Ballet Evangelist' Derek Deane

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 26, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...world." "Professional ballet is a hard and disciplined...the English National Ballets hugely successful show...known for classical ballet and taking them out...crowds but that lovers of ballet should revel in the...Dancing is having a huge renaissance at the moment. "There...the English National Ballets star dancers, including...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ballet renaissance

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Ballet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in his Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (1760). He wanted the ballet to tell a story, aided by the music...increased after further modification of the ballet costume. The Romantic Period and Ballets Eclipse In Milan in 1820 Carlo Blasis...celebrated choreographers who created ballets for the New York City Ballet are Eugene Loring, Jerome Robbins...
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OpÉra

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...foremost houses. Its corps de ballet is particularly famous. The...building, used mainly for ballet performances for a few years...theaters now present opera and ballet. See M. Kahane, The Paris...An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers...Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (1991...
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Opera

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...way to the virtuoso soloist, and the Renaissance interest in antiquities was superseded...French classical tragedy, and the ballet de cour (see ballet ) were the antecedents of French opera...settings and scenery in addition to ballets, choruses, and long disquisitions...
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Satire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...satirical tradition flourished throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, culminating in the golden age of satire in the late 17th...Sontags examples of "camp" include Tiffany lamps, the ballet Swan Lake, and the movie Casablanca. Occasionally the audience...
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San Francisco

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...inhabited by sea lions; and the civic center, with a distinctive Renaissance-style city hall, a modern public library completed in 1996...opera house, where performances of the symphony orchestra and ballet and opera companies are held. The Presidio, formerly the...

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