Marius Petipa

This cultural biography of the nineteenth-century ballet master Marius Petipa ¿ creator of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake ¿ tells the full story of his life and work in the remarkable context in which he lived.

List of contents

• Overture


• 1. Prologue


• 2. The Travelling Dancer


• 3. Russian Debut


• 4. Looking Back, Moving Forward


• 5. Ballet Wars, Real and Imagined


• 6. Questions of Style and Structure


• 7. At Home and at Work


• 8. The Vsevolozhsky Reforms


• 9. Big Music, Big Dance


• 10. Enter Vladimir Teliakovsky


• Apotheosis


• Appendices


• The Chain of Command


• The Petipa Family


• List of Works


• Libraries and Archives


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Nadine Meisner has been a dance critic for The Independent, The Sunday Times, and The Times.

Summary

This cultural biography of the nineteenth-century ballet master Marius Petipa -- creator of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake -- tells the full story of his life and work in the remarkable context in which he lived.

Additional text

This book is an illuminating addition to dance histories.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Nadine (Independent Scholar and Dance Meisner, Nadine Meisner, Nadine (Independent Scholar and Dance Wri Meisner, Nadine (Independent Scholar and Dance Writer) Meisner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780190659295
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065929-5
• No. of pages: 514
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, Ballet, Biography: arts and entertainment