The Ballets Russes and Beyond: Music and Dance in by Davinia Caddy

By Davinia Caddy

Belle-époque Paris witnessed the emergence of a colourful and various dance scene, person who crystallized round the Ballets Russes, the Russian dance corporation shaped by means of impresario Sergey Diaghilev. the corporate has lengthy served as a handy turning element within the heritage of dance, celebrated for its innovative choreography and cutting edge productions. This e-book provides a clean slant in this much-told heritage. concentrating on the relation among song and dance, Davinia Caddy techniques the Ballets Russes with a wide-angled lens that embraces not only the choreographic, but additionally the cultural, political, theatrical and aesthetic contexts within which the corporate made its identify. furthermore, Caddy examines and translates modern French dance practices, throwing new gentle on one of the most vital debates and discourses of the day.

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