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Item Details
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VAGANOVA
A DANCE JOURNEY FROM PETERSBURG TO LENINGRAD |
| By: |
Vera Krasovskaya, Vera M. Siegel (Trans), Lynn Garafola (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£34.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813028310 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813028316 |
| Publisher: |
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 2005 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
An English edition of the only biography of Agrippina Vaganova (1897-1951, first published in Russian in 1989. It tells the story of one of most important dance teachers of the 20th century, who created a system of teaching ballet that spread throughout the former Soviet Union and beyond. |
| Synopsis: |
The first English edition of the only biography of Agrippina Vaganova (1897-1951) was originally published in Russian in 1989. It tells the story of one of most important dance teachers of the 20th century, who created a system of teaching ballet that spread throughout the former Soviet Union and beyond. Vaganova rose through the ranks to become a ballerina in the Imperial Ballet during the last days of Tsarist Russia. After the Revolution of 1917, she became a teacher and transformed the St. Petersburg/Leningrad School of Ballet into a premier institution. She also served as the artistic director of the Kirov Theater. Written by a direct eyewitness to many of the described incidents, someone who knew Vaganova intimately, the biography is a window into the personality and thinking of this great teacher. It vividly recounts the training and individual styles of such world-renowned ballerinas as Marina Semyonova, Natalia Dudinskaya, Galina Ulanova, and Tatiana Vecheslova, and it offers a unique insight into the world of classical ballet during the era of Tsarist Russia and the early Soviet years. |
| Illustrations: |
33 b&w photos, notes |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
The Chinese University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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