Parisian Music-Hall Ballet, 1871-1913

This pioneering study of ballets staged in Parisian music halls brings to light a vibrant dance culture central to the renewal of French choreography at the fin de siècle.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Venues and the Shows
Music Halls for Tout-Paris
Creative Artists: Authors, Composers, and Choreographers
The Ballet-Divertissement
Real Pantomime-Ballets: The Choreographic Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet
Music as Storyteller: The Musical Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet
As Pleasing to the Ear as to the Eye: A Popular Musical Style
The Stories of Music-Hall Ballet: Romance, Flirtations, and Other Pleasures
A Delight to Behold: Glitter, Glamour, and Girls
Appendix A: Tables of Ballets Staged by the Folies-Bergere, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris
Appendix B: Synopses of Ballets Staged at the Folies-Bergere, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sarah Gutsche-Miller

Summary

This pioneering study of ballets staged in Parisian music halls brings to light a vibrant dance culture central to the renewal of French choreography at the fin de siècle.

Product details

• Authors: Prof. Sarah (Royalty Account) Gutsche-Miller, Sarah Gutsche-Miller, Sarah (Royalty Account) Gutsche-Miller
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9781580464420
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-442-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory