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The romantic ballet in Paris
- Title
- The romantic ballet in Paris / Ivor Guest.
- Author
- Guest, Ivor, 1920-2018.
- Publication
- Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 473 p., [49] p. plates : ill. (one col.); 25 cm.
- Subject
- Ballet > France > Paris > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-458) and indexes.
- Contents
- The triumph of Romanticism -- The dancers' world -- The Opéra dispossessed -- Aumer strikes his claim -- An accident-prone ballet -- Blache's Mars et Vénus -- The coming of Marie Taglioni -- The scenarist to the rescue -- The Aumer-Scribe partnership continues -- The Porte-Saint-Martin : an alternative arena -- The turning point -- The conflict of rôles : temptress and spirit -- Of temptation and revolt -- A new star rises -- Louis Henry's swansong -- The eclipse of Marie Taglioni -- The supremacy of Fanny Elssler -- Elssler's last Parisian triumphs -- Three wayward dancers -- Giselle : gestation of a masterpiece -- More laurels for Carlotta -- Coping with the absence of Carlotta -- A sad farewell and some new faces -- Carlotta takes to comedy -- The end of the Pillet regime.
- Call Number
- *MGTB (French) 10-4093
- ISBN
- 9781852731199
- 1852731192
- OCLC
- 192079437
- 192079437
- Author
- Guest, Ivor, 1920-2018.
- Title
- The romantic ballet in Paris / Ivor Guest.
- Imprint
- Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, 2008.
- Edition
- [3rd ed.].
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-458) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- *MGTB (French) 10-4093