Edmund Fairfax

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The Styles of Eighteenth-Century BalletHardcover, 1 June 2003

The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet
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Print Length
392 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Date Published
1 Jun 2003
ISBN-10
0810846985
ISBN-13
9780810846982

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The current notion of ballet history holds that the theatrical dance of the eighteenth century was simple, earthbound, and limited in range of motion scarcely different from the ballroom dance of the same period. Contemporary opinion also maintains that this early form of ballet was largely a stranger to the tours de force of grand jumps, multiple turns, and lifts so typical of classical ballet, owing to a supposed prevailing sense of Victorian-like decorum. The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet explodes this utterly false view of ballet history, showing that there were in fact a variety of different styles of dance cultivated in this era, from the simple to the remarkably difficult, from the dignified earthbound to the spirited airborne, from the gravely serious to the grotesquely ridiculous. This is a fascinating exploration of the various styles of eighteenth-century dance covering ballroom and ballet, the four traditional styles of theatrical dance, regional preferences for given styles, and the importance of caprice, dance according to gender, the overall voluptuous nature of stage dancing, and finally dance notation and costume. Fairfax takes the reader on an in-depth journey through the world of ballet in the age of Mozart, Boucher, and Casanova.

Product Details

Author:
Edmund Fairfax
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 June 2003
Dimensions:
22.56 x 13.92 x 3.18 cm
ISBN-10:
0810846985
ISBN-13:
9780810846982
Language:
English
Location:
Lanham, MD
Pages:
392
Publisher:
Weight:
648.64 gm

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