| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Approach to maturity -- Perfecting the illusion -- Two pre-romantic choreographers: D'Egville and Didelot -- Ballet in the post-war years -- The renaissance of the ballet under Ebers -- Maria Mercandotti, the Andalusian venus -- The dawn of the golden age -- Marie Taglioni, La Déesse de la danse -- Fanny Elsler, the incomparable dancer-mime -- Pauline Duvernay, Thackeray's vision of loveliness -- Fanny Cerrito, the enchantress of London -- Benjamin Lumley, the Great Impresario -- Jules Perrot, the Flaxman of the ballet -- Two Giselles, Grisi and Elssler -- La Esmeralda -- The Pas de quatre: the romantic ballet at its most sublime -- Some pages of scandal -- The Viennese children -- Visitors from Spain -- Alfred Bunn and the ballet: Clara, Webster, Fuoco, Blasis -- Some English dancers -- The end of an era. |
| Subject |
Ballet -- England -- History.
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Dance -- England -- History.
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| ISBN |
0819540501 |
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9780819540508 |
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