Léonide Massine and the 20th century ballet
"Lively and well-researched ... vivid ... valuable ... detailed"--Ballet-Dance Magazine; "valuable ... compelling"--Dance Chronicle; "thorough"--Dance Teacher. This work provides a biography of Massine and a detailed analysis of his major ballets, including those for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre. The work integrates biographical study with an examination of Massine's works from an array of perspectives. By examining the music and composers, set design, and literary sources, it places the work in the larger context of the dance, opera, major visual art movements, literature and theater of the period
collective biographies
1 online resource (v, 374 pages) : illustrations
9780786483990, 9781322246802, 0786483997, 1322246807
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July 1895-May 1917
June 1917-June 1920
July 1920-April 1926
June 1927-January 1932
May 1932-July 1936
August 1936-May 1939
June 1939-February 1943
March 1943-October 1954
July 1955-July 1960
The Final Years