Author: SOURITZ, ELIZABETH
Title: Soviet choreographers in the 1920s / Elizabeth Souritz ; translated from the Russian by Lynn Visson ; edited, with additional translation, by Sally Banes.
Description: London : Dance Books 1990. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 356 pages; Physical desc. : ix. 356 p. ; [56] p. Of plates : illus. (some col. ) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Ballet - Russia (Federation) - History - 20th century. Choreographers - Russia (Federation) - Biography. Ballet - History. Ballet - Russia - 20th century. Summary: Experimentalist to a degree unique in ballet. the 1920s witnessed the rise of a Soviet dance avant-garde unparalleled anywhere in the West. Souritz. head of the Dance Section of the Moscow Institute of the History of the Arts. draws on Russian archival material. theater literature. and reminiscences of performers. designers. and choreographers to portray the period and its subsequent influence on the development of American ballet. The illustrations are sensational -- rare color and b&w photographs as well as drawings by contemporaneous Cubist artists.ISBN: 1852730188. Weight in Kg appr.:

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