Secret Muses - The Life of Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick Ashton, Britain''s greatest choreographer, was a major figure on the cultural landscape of the twentieth century and his influence extended far beyond the world of dance. Julie Kavanagh traces Ashton''s progress with a keen and sympathetic sense of both the man and his milieu. The drama of his professional and private life - among his close associates were Constant Lambert, Benjamin Britten, W. B. Yeats, the Sitwells and Cecil Beaton - is skilfully interwoven with vivid descriptions of the ballets themselves. ''Not only the best biography of a ballet figure but, far more important, a Proustian recollection of that glamorous near-mythical time, the first half of our now setting century.'' Gore Vidal

Product details

• Authors: Julie Kavanagh, Kavanagh Julie
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2004
• EAN: 9780571190621
• ISBN: 978-0-571-19062-1
• No. of pages: 675
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 215 mm x 49 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: arts and entertainment, Ballet; Dance