Reminiscences of the Russian ballet / by Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960

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On technique / by Speer, Dean

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Directors & designers /

Table of Contents: “…Design as action : Jean Cocteau and the Ballets Russes /…”

Diversity and Otherness : Transcultural Insights into Norms, Practices, Negotiations /

Table of Contents: “…6 Spaces of Otherness and Desire. Ballets Russes--Artist-Animators--Ethnographic Enquiry --…”
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The total work of art in European modernism / by Roberts, David, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…From Dionysus to Apollo: Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes ;…”
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Legacies of twentieth-century dance / by Garafola, Lynn

Table of Contents: “…The Ballets russes and beyond -- Reconfiguring the sexes -- Dance in New York -- Staging the past.…”

The great Nijinsky : god of dance / by Curlee, Lynn, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Wonder of wonders -- Born to dance -- World of art -- The Ballets Russes -- Celebrity and adulation -- Petrushka -- The Afternoon of a Faun -- Games and rituals -- Romola -- The war years -- The last dance -- Leap into madness -- Epilogue: Legacy and legend.…”

Ballerina : the art of women in classical ballet / by Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015

Outrage : the arts and the creation of modernity / by Giuffre, Katherine, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Symbolic warfare in the field of culture -- "A morbid love of the coarse, not to say brutal" : the novels of the Brontë sisters -- "The summit of vulgarity" : the paintings of the Impressionists -- "An eccentric, dreamy, half-educated recluse" : the poetry of Emily Dickinson -- "Delirious cocksuckers" : Le sacre du printemps and the Ballets Russes -- "Damnable, hellish filth from the gutter of a human mind" : James Joyce's Ulysses -- "No theme, no message, no thought" : Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God -- A permanent revolution.…”
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Art, Psychoanalysis, and Adrian Stokes : a Biography. by Sayers, Janet

Table of Contents: “…COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; PART I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH; CHAPTER ONE Early years; CHAPTER TWO Oxford; CHAPTER THREE East and west; CHAPTER FOUR Sitwell protégé; CHAPTER FIVE Sigismondo Malatesta and Ezra Pound; PART II PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FAME; CHAPTER SIX Treatment; CHAPTER SEVEN Stone alive; CHAPTER EIGHT Carving; CHAPTER NINE Ballets Russes; CHAPTER TEN Colour and form; CHAPTER ELEVEN Euston Road; PART III OUTER AND INNER LIFE; CHAPTER TWELVE Transforming St Ives; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Inside out.…”
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Diaghilev : a life / by Scheijen, Sjeng

Table of Contents: “…14 The Rise of the Ballets Russes, 1908190915 Bakst and the Art of Seduction, 19091910; 16 Emergence of a Genius, 19101911; 17 Petrushka, 19111912; 18 Prelude to a Scandal, 19111912; 19 A Year of Risky Experiments, 19121913; 20 Time of Troubles, 19131914; 21 'Let us be resolute and energetic', 19141915; 22 A Parade of Revolutions, 19151917; 23 A Letter from Nouvel, 19171919; 24 To the Brink of Catastrophe, 19191922; 25 A Li.…”
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The firebird and the fox : Russian culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks / by Brooks, Jeffrey, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: An age of genius -- Freedom and the fool -- Desire and rebellion -- Artists and subjects -- Anton Chekhov in his time -- The writer as civic actor -- After realism : art and authority -- The performing arts : Diaghilev's Ballets Russes -- Celebrity, humor, and the avant-garde -- A new normal -- Irony and power -- An era of the fox -- Goodness endures.…”
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On stage at the ballet : my life as dancer and artistic director / by Barnett, Robert, 1925-, Crain, Cynthia, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…The early years -- Military service and a ballet pre-pro -- The original Ballet Russe Tour -- The muny in St. Louis -- First-generation New York City Ballet -- Triumphs, tragedies and tours -- Virginia "Ginger" Barnett -- Atlanta Civic Ballet -- The Atlanta Ballet -- Families and friends -- A new direction -- Passing it along.…”
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Dancing genius : the stardom of Vaslav Nijinsky / by Järvinen, Hanna

Kuratieren!. by Obrist, Hans-Ulrich

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Titel; Zum Buch; Über den Autor; Impressum; Widmung; Inhalt; Prolog: Der Lauf der Dinge; Bei Alighiero Boetti; Mondialité; do it; Kuratieren, Ausstellungen und das Gesamtkunstwerk; Courbet, Manet und Whistler; Wissen sammeln; Von Bibliotheken und Archiven; Gedruckte Ausstellungen; Endlose Konversationen; Pioniere; Nachtzüge und andere Rituale; Die Küche; Robert Walser und Gerhard Richter; Mentoren; Félix Fénéon und das Hotel Carlton Palace; Unsichtbare Städte; London Calling; Architektur, Stadtplanung und Ausstellungen; Biennalen; Utopia Station; Ballets Russes; Zeit und Ausstellungen…”
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The ballet lover's companion / by Anderson, Zoë

Table of Contents: “…S BEGINNINGS""; ""2 THE ROMANTIC BALLET""; ""3 IMPERIAL BALLET""; ""4 THE BALLETS RUSSES AND AFTER""; ""5 NATIONAL BALLETS""; ""6 SOVIET BALLET""; ""7 THE BALLET BOOM""; ""8 INTERNATIONAL BALLET: CROSSING BOUNDARIES""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX OF BALLET TITLES""; ""GENERAL INDEX""…”
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Dans in België 1890-1970 / by Vos, Staf

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Imitation artist : Gertrude Hoffmann's life in vaudeville and dance / by Stalter-Pace, Sunny, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Learning How to Copy, 1883-1906 -- A Ballet Girl in San Francisco -- Teaming Up with Max Hoffmann -- A Woman Stage Manager -- Solo Imitations, 1906-1909 -- Imitative Caricatures -- Women's Rivalry and Copyright -- A Vision of Salome -- Producing Revues, 1910-1914 -- Gertrude Hoffmann's Review -- Pirating the Ballets Russes -- Mainstream Modernism -- All-American Artist -- New Directions, 1914-1923 -- Grecian Dance, Pantomime, and Silent Film -- Snake Acts and Other Wartime Spectacles -- Just Drifting -- From Advanced Vaudeville to Cabaret -- Offstage, 1923-1966 -- The Gertrude Hoffmann Girls, At Home and Abroad -- Modern Dance and Floor Shows -- Remembering -- Conclusion…”
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