Dancing lives : five female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham / Karen Eliot.
Dancing lives : five female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham / Karen Eliot.
Dancing lives : five female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham / Karen Eliot.
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
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N792.802/2
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English
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Physical content
x, 190 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Giovanna Baccelli, an object of lustrous beauty -- Adle Dumiltre, misty rows of gauzy women -- Tamara Karsavina, alighting from the air -- Moira Shearer, a fierce resolve, a steely strength and a fragile, porcelain beauty -- Catherine Kerr, sticking to the dancing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliograph...
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Working from the premise that dance history can be studied as it has been created in the through the bodies of dancers, Karen Eliot closely examines the lives and careers of five popular female dancers: Giovanna Baccelli, Adele Dumilatre, Tamara Karsavina, Moira Shearer, and Catherine Kerr. Notable dancers in European ballet, Russian ballet, and A...
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Dancing lives : five female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham / Karen Eliot.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.
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N792.802/2
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74VKzEjWNdod
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzEjWNdod
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ISBN
0252032500 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252032509 (cloth : alk. paper)
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792.80280922 B
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991023495159702626
