Swan Lake

Swan lake: themes and styles /

Subjects: “…Swan lake (Choreographic work)…”
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Next week, Swan Lake : reflections on dance and dances / by Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-

Next week, Swan Lake : reflections on dance and dances / by Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005

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The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan lake / by Wiley, Roland John

The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan lake / by Wiley, Roland John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; I: THE LIFE OF LEV IVANOVICH IVANOV; 1 Ivanov's Memoirs; 2 Lev Ivanov's Life; II: THE BALLETS OF LEV IVANOV; 3 Ivanov's First Ballets; 4 The Tulip of Haarlem; 5 Krasnoe Selo; 6 Operatic Interludes; 7 The Nutcracker; 8 Between The Nutcracker and Swan Lake; 9 Swan Lake; 10 Ivanov's Last Ballets; Conclusion; Appendices; A: Works in which Lev Ivanov Danced; B: The Compositions of Lev Ivanov; C: The Libretti of Lev Ivanov's Ballets; D: Evgenia Pavlovna Sokolova's Notes on the Part of Lise in La Fille mal gardée; Select Bibliography; Index; A.…”
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Ballet's magic kingdom : selected writings on dance in Russia, 1911-1925 / by Volynskiĭ, A. L., 1863-1926

Table of Contents: “…(1923) -- A Wretched Housepainter: The Nutcracker (1923) -- The Weeping Spirit (1923) -- The Innovator: Mikhail Fokine (1923) -- Don Quixote (1923) -- Classical Attire (1923) -- Naked, Barefoot, and Beltless (1923) -- Swan Lake: The Swan in Music (1923) -- Sleeping Beauty (1923) -- Swan Lake: The Swan in Motion (1924) -- Lida Ivanova (1924) -- Adrienne Lecouvreur (1924) -- Tamara Karsavina (1924) -- Principles of Classical Dance -- Features and Forms -- In the Center -- Allegro -- A Bird's-Eye View.…”

Limnological investigation of six lakes in southeast Alaska /

Table of Contents: “…Spurt Point Lake -- Swan Lake -- Redoubt Lake -- Blue Lake -- Green Lake -- Osprey Lake.…”
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Of swans, sugarplums, and satin slippers : ballet stories for children / by Verdy, Violette, 1933-

Dancing women : female bodies on stage / by Banes, Sally

Table of Contents: “…The romantic ballet: La Sylphide, Giselle, Coppelia -- The Russian Imperial ballet: The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake -- Early modern dance: Fire Dance, Lily, Brahms Waltzes, Mother, Revolutionary Etude, Radha -- Early modern ballet: Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces -- Modern dance: Witch Dance, With My Red Fires, Rites de Passage, Night Journey -- Modern ballet: Jardin aux Lilas, A Wedding Bouquet, Rodeo, Agon.…”

Celestial bodies : how to look at ballet / by Jacobs, Laura

Choreography invisible : the disappearing work of dance / by Pakes, Anna

Table of Contents: “…-- Dance identity -- Drowning in Swan Lakes -- Changing dance works -- Films, recordings and screendance works -- The problem of lost works -- Recuperating loss? …”
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Ballet's magic kingdom : selected writings on dance in Russia, 1911-1925 / by Volynskiĭ, A. L., 1863-1926

Table of Contents: “…(1923) -- A Wretched Housepainter: The Nutcracker (1923) -- The Weeping Spirit (1923) -- The Innovator: Mikhail Fokine (1923) -- Don Quixote (1923) -- Classical Attire (1923) -- Naked, Barefoot, and Beltless (1923) -- Swan Lake: The Swan in Music (1923) -- Sleeping Beauty (1923) -- Swan Lake: The Swan in Motion (1924) -- Lida Ivanova (1924) -- Adrienne Lecouvreur (1924) -- Tamara Karsavina (1924) -- Part 2. …”
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American-Soviet cultural diplomacy : the Bolshoi Ballet's American premiere / by McDaniel, Cadra Peterson, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Ideological goodwill : American and Soviet cultural exchange plans -- Restricted repertoire : planning for the Bolshoi's 1959 tour -- The class struggle and Shakespeare : the Soviets' interpretation of Romeo and Juliet -- Imperial communism : the Soviets' reinterpretation of P.I. Tchaikovsky' Swan lake -- Preserving and elevating the classics : Giselle -- State approved innovations : the stone flower -- Soviet highlights : the very eclectic Soviet artistic scene -- Tempered success : ballet's role in the cold war.…”

American-Soviet cultural diplomacy : the Bolshoi ballet's American premiere / by McDaniel, Cadra Peterson, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Ideological goodwill : American and Soviet cultural exchange plans -- Restricted repertoire : planning for the Bolshoi's 1959 tour -- The class struggle and Shakespeare : the Soviets' interpretation of Romeo and Juliet -- Imperial communism : the Soviets' reinterpretation of P.I. Tchaikovsky' Swan lake -- Preserving and elevating the classics : Giselle -- State approved innovations : the stone flower -- Soviet highlights : the very eclectic Soviet artistic scene -- Tempered success : ballet's role in the cold war.…”
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Wrights and wrongs. by Wright, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Miyako Yoshida; Prologue -- an appreciation; 1 Finding a footing; 2 Ninette de Valois -- calling her Madam; 3 Television -- acquiring a director's eye; 4 John Cranko -- Germany calling; 5 Kenneth MacMillan -- pushing the boundaries; 6 Getting on with it; 7 Being a director; 8 Birmingham -- forward; 9 Making a reputation -- Giselle; 10 Frederick Ashton -- awakening The Sleeping Beauty; 11 More classics, Coppélia, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake; 12 New ballets -- something borrowed, something blue.…”
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Odds and ends of a writer's life : 2014-2019 / by Giblett, Rodney James

Table of Contents: “…A most homely house and location -- Nature writing and Black Swan Lake -- Farewell to Forrestdale : a goodbye letter -- Three green book reviews -- The Trumpster hailed on his inauguration as 45th President of the United States on 1/20/2017 -- The uncanny Trumpster -- The weird 'music of Erich Zann' : a weird story by H.P. …”
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For the love of dance : my autobiography / by Grey, Beryl, 1927-

Table of Contents: “….; Preface -- Adam Darius; Part One -- As a Dancer; Prologue -- Dame Beryl Grey, DBE; 1 How It All Started; 2 Early Blossoms, The Beginnings; 3 The Big Change; 4 Auditions; 5 London Living; 6 1939: War; 7 First Professional Performance, 1941; 8 Out On The Road, 1941; 9 Fate Steps In; 10 Swan Lake 1942; 11 Win Some, Lose Some, 1942; 12 New Ground; 13 1942, My First Christmas Away, And Onwards; 14 Nourishing Support -- 1943; 15 A Welcome Break -- And My Beaux; 16 1944, Giselle…”
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Marius Petipa : the French master of Russian ballet /

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I, Maya Plisetskaya / by Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015

Table of Contents: “…The dacha and Sretenka Street -- What I was like at five -- Relatives -- Spitzbergen -- I study ballet -- Back in school and father's arrest -- My mother disappears -- Chimkent -- Concert for the Cheka -- Tchaikovsky's ʼImpromptuʼ -- The war -- My first year at the Bolshoi Theater -- The apartment on Shchepkinsky Passage -- Mastering the ABCs of the theater -- ʼRaymondaʼ -- ʼSwan Lakeʼ -- Youth festivals -- My injuries, my healers -- Who'll get whom! …”
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