The dancer's heritage: a short history of ballet |
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Contents
WHEN KINGS AND PRINCES DANCED | 1 |
BALLET ENTERS THE THEATRE | 12 |
THE RISE OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER | 20 |
Copyright | |
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American Ballet Angiolini artistic director Ashton audience Auguste Vestris Balanchine ballerina ballet company Ballet Russe Ballet Theatre ballet-master Basil became become began Bolshoi Bournonville brilliant Camargo Cecchetti centre of ballet century choreo choreographer classical ballet company's Coppelia court ballet Cranko created dance Death debut Diaghilev Diaghilev Ballet divertissement Dolin Elssler engaged famous Fokine Fonteyn French Gaetan Vestris Giselle history of ballet ideas joins Diaghilev Karsavina later Leningrad Lifar London male dancers Marie Marius Petipa Maryinsky Massine Massine's Milan mime Monte Carlo Moscow Nijinsky Noverre Paris Opera Ballet Pavlova performance period Perrot popular produced pupil Rambert repertoire repertory retirement revival Roland Petit role Romantic Ballet Royal Ballet Royal Danish Ballet Russian ballet Sadler's scene scenery and costumes score season Sleeping Beauty St Petersburg stage Stravinsky style successful Swan Lake Sylphide Taglioni teacher technique Toumanova touring tradition triumphs Valois York City Ballet young dancers Yvette Chauvire