Marius Petipa : the emperor's ballet master /

This cultural biography of the nineteenth-century ballet master Marius Petipa -- creator of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake -- tells the full story of his life and work in the remarkable context in which he lived.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meisner, Nadine (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Petipa, Marius, > 1818-1910. Petipa, Marius, > 1818-1910 Choreographers > France > Biography. Ballet dancers > France > Biography. Choreographers > Russia (Federation) > Biography. Ballet dancers > Russia (Federation) > Biography. Chorégraphes > France > Biographies. Danseurs de ballet > France > Biographies. Chorégraphes > Russie > Biographies. Danseurs de ballet > Russie > Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General. PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General. Ballet dancers Choreographers France Russia (Federation) Electronic books. Biographies Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Style notes
Overture
Chapter 1. Prologue
Chapter 2. The travelling dancer
Chapter 3. Russian debut
Chapter 4. Looking back, moving forward
Chapter 5. Ballet wars, real and imagined
Chapter 6. Questions of style and structure
Chapter 7. At home and at work
Chapter 8. The Vsevolozhsky reforms
Chapter 9. Big music, big dance
Chapter 10. Enter Vladimir Teliakovsky
Apotheosis
Appendices
The chain of command
The Petipa Family
List of works
Illustrations
Archives and libraries.