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Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets, Revised and Enlarged
by George Balanchine, Francis Mason
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Doubleday & Company (1977-11)
ISBN: 0385113811
EAN: 9780385113816
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 838 pages
Edition: Revised & enlarged
SKU: 549000
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: ** WITH A SHINY DUST JACKET!** 1ST EDITION, early print. Has beautiful pictures! Hardcover, dust cover and pages are in GREAT CONDITION. Shipped immediately by U.S. POST OFFICE, AND BY AIR MAIL TO INTERNATIONAl, and to APO/AFO.
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Product Description
This book attempts to tell the stories of ballets of lasting importance in the history of the art and to provide a record of significant new work performed in the past 25 years...ballets that are still a part of the contemporary repertory or ballets that made an enduring impression at the time.
Ballets of lasting importance...and by that we mean ambition fulfilled...ballets like 'La Sylphide,' 'Giselle,' and 'Swan Lake,' have held the stage for more than 100 years; 'La Fille Mal Gardee' for almost 200 years. A great number, like 'Petrouchka,' come and go; others disappear entirely.
This book is designed to help find the great ballet experiences and to give some preparation to those who do not trust their eyes and ears in the theatre first.
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