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Books on: empire ballet

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The Empire Ballet

Book by Ivor Guest; Society for Theatre Research, 1962

Subjects:

Empire Ballet Theatre--History

Collections: Entire Library

THE EMPIRE BALLET By the same author NAPOLEON III...Editor THE DANCERS HERITAGE THE EMPIRE BALLET by IVOR GUEST LONDON THE SOCIETY...APPENDIX B: PRINCIPAL DANCERS IN THE EMPIRE BALLETS, 1884-1915 88...
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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

Collections: Entire Library

...no real interest. To view the Empire ballet objectively one should remember...the artistic director. Since the Empires ballets had to be fitted into programmes...conventionally restricted. Many of the Empires ballets both before the arrival of Adeline...
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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

Collections: Entire Library

AcknowledgementsPreface by Violette VerdyIntroductionChapter One-Setting the Stage: Aristocratic Fashion and Baroque Body Politics before the Revolution.Chapter Two-Reformers and Philosophes as Fore-Runners of theRevolution in Fashion.Chapter Three-The Moderate and the OutrageousChapter ...
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AcknowledgementsPreface by Violette VerdyIntroductionChapter One-Setting the Stage: Aristocratic Fashion and Baroque Body Politics before the Revolution.Chapter Two-Reformers and Philosophes as Fore-Runners of theRevolution in Fashion.Chapter Three-The Moderate and the OutrageousChapter Four-Neoclassicism: 1780-1820Chapter Five-The Consulate (1799-1804) and The Empire (1804-1815) of Napoleon. Imperial Designs pervade Street and Stage Fashion.Chapter Six-Restoration-One Bourbon Returns! Louis XVIII andThe Restoration (1815-1824).Chapter Seven-Pale Goddesses on the Street During the Romantic Movement: Charles X ruled France from 1824-1830.Chapter Eight-The Kingdom of the Opera: Pale Goddesses on the Stage (1824-1830)Chapter Nine-The Turning Point: The Ballet of the Nuns," and La Sylphide.Chapter Ten-The Dark Side of WhiteConclusionChronologySources and Bibliography
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The Second Empire

Book by Octave Aubry, Arthur Livingston; J. B. Lippincott, 1940

Subjects:

France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE SECOND EMPIRE Les Ahives Photogaphiques dArt et dHistoire...From the Portrait by Flandrin THE SECOND EMPIRE BY OCTAVE AUBRY Translated BY...XX MORNY AND THE LIBERAL EMPIRE 259...
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The Byzantine Empire

Book by Norman H. Baynes; Henry Holt, 1926

Subjects:

Byzantine Empire

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...good citizens of the Eastern Empire: with a little imagination...installation" p. 359 . "Expulsion of Ballet-dancers. Special favour shown to Alexandrias Corps de Ballet" p. 417 . "Earthquakes in...learn from any history of the Empire: we need rather to recover...

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Journal Articles on: empire ballet

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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:

Ballet--History, Painting, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pilgrimage to Cythera (Painting)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics in art--Analysis, Watteau, Antoine--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...25) The court ballet had featured Louis...positions the "amorous empire" of a pacifist Venus...the message of the ballet: "Rule over the world in a supreme empire,/Make your charming...members of an "amorous empire," to join with Venus...remainder of the ballet is devoted to three...
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Fantasies of Empire: The Empire Theatre of Varieties and the Licensing Controversy of 1894

Journal article by Padraic Kennedy; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Fantasies of Empire: The Empire Theatre of Varieties and the Licensing Controversy of 1894 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...95.) Citing the "indecent" ballet performances and the obvious presence of prostitutes at the Empire Theatre of the Varieties, Laura...Britain. The shows put on by the Empire and other "Theatres of Varieties...careful choreography of the ballets and "living pictures" (tableaux...
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The Great Parade: Cocteau, Picasso, Satie, Massine, Diaghilev - and T.S. Eliot

Journal article by Nancy D. Hargrove; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 31, 1998

Subjects:

Ballet--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Parade (Ballet)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...1919 autumn season of the Ballets Russes at Londons Empire Theatre, with the premiere...Reviews such as "New Russian Ballet: Parade at the Empire" in the November 15 issue...1968. "New Russian Ballet: Parade at the Empire" The Times 15 Nov. 1919...
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"Une Parfaite et Sincere Bonne Correspondance et Amitie": French-Turkish Trade and Artistic Exchange in Moliere's Bourgeois Gentilhomme(1)

Journal article by Ellen M. Mcclure; The Romanic Review, Vol. 90, 1999

Subjects:

France--Relations with Turkey, International trade--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Moliere--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Turkey--Relations with France

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of the play to such an extent that the ballet is rarely reproduced in anthologies or...into symbolic subservience to the Turkish empire. A diplomatic slight of this sort would...main goal in negotiating with the Turkish empire was the reestablishment of French privilege...
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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: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...In effect, Dorat presents the ballet as a reenactment of that performance...continued up to the end of the Empire. The placement of the performance...Beaujoyeulx, choreographer of the Ballet des Polonais, had this Virgilian...cranes in his description of the Ballet des Polonais. The puzzle is...

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Magazine Articles on: empire ballet

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Redwood Robin Hood Boosts Failing Ballet

Magazine article by Rita Felciano; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, March 2001

Subjects:

California State Automobile Association--Cases, Dance companies--Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry--Cases, Ramirez, David A.--Cases, Redwood Empire Ballet--Cases

Collections: Entire Library

...easier in the Middle Ages. Ramirez, president and treasurer of Santa Rosas Redwood Empire Ballet, father of a ballet student daughter there and husband of a ballet volunteer, saw that the companys books werent balancing. He did, however, have a day...
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The Merchant Prince of Ballet

Magazine article by Otis Stuart; Dance Magazine, Vol. 69, February 1995

Subjects:

Ballet dancers--Finance, Nureyev, Rudolf--Finance, Perpetual Motion (Book)--Excerpts

Collections: Entire Library

...not talking anywhere near eighty million dollars. And for a ballet dancer! Someone was very smart somewhere." In attempting to...Industry--and make no mistake, Nureyev was a oneman show business empire--the only verifiable fact is that the brains behind the operation...
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Eifman's Jubilee: Russia's Only Modern Ballet Company Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation

Magazine article by Nina Alovert; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, January 2002

Subjects:

Ballet companies--History, Boris Eifman Ballet Theatre--History, Choreographers--Conduct of life, Eifman, Boris--Conduct of life

Collections: Entire Library

...originality of their choreographic creations. Eifman was lucky: He arrived on the scene toward the end of the empire. Although his ballets were viewed by the cultural controllers as suspicious, the Soviet power got weaker and his company survived...
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Oakland Ballet

Magazine article by Janice Ross; Dance Magazine, Vol. 68, May 1994

Subjects:

Ballet companies--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Guidi, Ronn--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Oakland Ballet Company--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romeo and Juliet (Ballet)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...in the technique of the choreography as in its evocation of the ambience of a famous Second Empire cafe where le tout Paris went to be seen. American Ballet Theatres 1988 revival used Lorca Massines staging and Christian Lacroixs haute-couture costumes...
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Royal Ballet Dancer Takes on Brand-New Role

Magazine article by Margaret Willis; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, September 2001

Subjects:

Ballet companies--Officials and employees, Bull, Deborah--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Royal Ballet--Officials and employees

Collections: Entire Library

...an exceptional dancer during her twenty years with The Royal Ballet, fluid and exacting in the classics, and sharp and vigorous...exercise plan). And in 1999 she was made a Commander of the Empire, an honor bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II. For the past three...

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Newspaper Articles on: empire ballet

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Culture: High Spirit, but the Swan Dies; Producer Ellen Kent Has Teamed Up with Russian Classical Ballet Theatre to Bring Lavish Productions of Swan Lake and Coppelia to Sunderland Empire, as She Tells Tamzin Lewis

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 13, 2007

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

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

...Russian Classical Ballet Theatre to Bring...Coppelia to Sunderland Empire, as She Tells Tamzin...Russian Classical Ballet Theatre is on its...Lake to Sunderland Empire from January 22-27...Russian Classical Ballet Theatres Swan lake...are at Sunderland Empire from January 22-27...
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BALLET REVIEW Coppelia/ Empire Theatre, Liverpool

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 2, 2007

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

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

BALLET REVIEW Coppelia/ Empire Theatre, Liverpool. IF YOU ever needed to explain the pleasures of ballet, you could do no better than take them...wonderful dancing of the Russian Classical Ballet Theatre and especially that of Kristina...
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Culture: Kim Lands on His Feet; Birmingham Royal Ballet Are on Stage at Sunderland Empire This Week with an Old Favourite and a New Addition to the Repertoire. Dick Godfrey Looks Ahead with BRB Boss David Bintley

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 17, 2006

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

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

...His Feet; Birmingham Royal Ballet Are on Stage at Sunderland Empire This Week with an Old Favourite...piece for Birmingham Royal Ballet is his take on Pulcinella to...Massine for Serge Diaghilevs Ballets Russe in 1920 and has passed...
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BALLET REVIEW: Flair, Ingenuity and Great Charm; Nutcracker, Liverpool Empire

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 31, 2006

Subjects:

Ballet, Ballets

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

BALLET REVIEW: Flair, Ingenuity and Great Charm; Nutcracker, Liverpool Empire. Byline: PHILIP KEY IT IS titled...Nutcracker, a hint of how Tchaikovskys ballet has been given a bit of a make-over in this production from Moldova. The ballet itself has been around for over a...
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Sole SURVIVOR; from Her Love of Ballet Shoes as a Child, Londoner Jane Winkworth Has Built Up a Multi-Millionpound Fashion Empire and a Loyal Celebrity Fanbase. Bella Blissett Grabs a Rare Interview with the Undisputed Queen of the Pumps

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 4, 2007

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

...SURVIVOR; from Her Love of Ballet Shoes as a Child, Londoner...Multi-Millionpound Fashion Empire and a Loyal Celebrity Fanbase...exactly how the French Sole empire started with Winkworth cramming...I started, no one was doing ballets here their time had to come...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: empire ballet

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Markova, Dame Alicia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...other American ballet companies. She worked again with Dolin from 1949 to 1952 in their Festival Ballet company. She was named Dame of the British Empire in 1963, the year she retired from dancing. Markova was noted for her purity of line, precise...
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Valois, Dame Ninette De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...increase the prestige of ballet in England, and in 1951 she was made a Dame of the British Empire. She retired in 1964 and was named Life Governor of the Royal Ballet. She wrote Invitation to the Ballet (1937) and Come Dance with Me (1957...
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Fonteyn, Dame Margot

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...outstanding. Sir Frederick Ashton created a number of major ballets especially for Fonteyn, among them Symphonic Variations...and Ondine (1958). She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1956. Fonteyns international reputation reached an...
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Versace, Gianni

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...extreme colors, patterns, fabrics, and leathers. His fashion empire eventually encompassed mens, womens and childrens clothing...Emminently theatrical, he also designed for the stage, opera, and ballet. He was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach, Fla., mansion...
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Offenbach, Jacques Levy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...orchestrated, they were immensely popular during the Second Empire, which they often satirized. Offenbachs one serious opera...in 1951 it was made into a motion picture combining opera and ballet. See his Orpheus in America (1877, tr. 1957...

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