Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins and Evolution

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Psychology Press, 2002 - History - 368 pages
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
 

Contents

Foreword
Origins of Dance 1
Summary 21
Domenico da Piacenza Antonio Cornazano
The Ballet de Cour in France 37
9
Art Power and the Divine Right
19
Louis XII as Demigod 48
19
The Advent of Public Theaters 58
19
The Evolution of Ballet in Russia 181
23
Father of Russian Ballet 188
23
Romanticism in Russia 195
23
Imperial Russian Ballet 201
23
Italian Ballerinas in the Imperial Ballet 208
23
Part Three
283
Ballet Returns to the West 230
283
The Influence of Isadora Duncan 236
283

Baroque Ballet 65
19
JeanBaptiste Lully 72
19
EighteenthCentury Writings on Ballet 79
19
Ballet in England 91
19
The Ballet in Vienna 98
23
Other EighteenthCentury Choreographers 112
23
Revolutionary Ballets 118
23
The Vestris Family 124
23
The foundations of Romantic Ballet 133
23
The Creators 145
23
Giselle 153
23
Summary 160
23
August Bournonville 167
23
The Permanent Establishment of the Ballets Russes 242
31
The Ballets Russes Visits the New World 249
45
The Ballets Russes in America 255
57
Surrealist and Constructivist Experiments in Ballet 269
85
Ballet in the Twentieth Century 277
101
Ballet in Soviet Russia 301
149
Summary 309
165
Ballet in Colonial American Cities 315
177
Chronology 340
227
Glossary 346
239
Bibliography 355
257
Index 362
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Carol Lee established the ballet program at Florida State University in 1965, and has also taught ballet as a guest professor at universities throughout the US and around the world. She has choreographed works for the Tampa Ballet.

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