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Balanchine: A Biography

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#389572-UI14
Titel	Balanchine: A Biography
Auteur	Taper, Bernard
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Berkeley, CA : University of California Press
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	0520206398
ISBN13	9780520206397
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in dance. For this edition the author has added a thoughtful yet dramatic account of the working out of Balanchine's legacy, from the making of his controversial will to the present day. The author explores the intriguing legal, financial, and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of the greatest choreographer of the century, but the central plot of his epilogue is the aesthetic issue: In the absence of their creator, can the ballets retain their wondrous vitality? Taper illuminates the fascinating transmission of Balanchine's masterworks from one generation to another, an unprecented legacy in the history of ballet, that most evanescent ... (Lees verder)of the arts.
Pagina's	458
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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