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- Publication Name
- Mirrors and Scrims
- Title
- Mirrors and Scrims
- ISBN-10
- 0819569267
- EAN
- 9780819569264
- ISBN
- 9780819569264
- Release Date
- 06/02/2010
- Release Year
- 2010
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Mirrors and Scrims : the Life and Afterlife of Ballet
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Performing Arts
- Topic
- General, Dance / Classical & Ballet, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Dance / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 24.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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How ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture Winner of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Memorial Prize (2010) In this stunning new collection of reviews and essays, dance critic Marcia B. Siegel grapples with the floating identity of ballet, as well as particular ballets, and with the expanding environment of spectacle in which ballet competes for an audience. Drawn from a wide variety of published sources, these writings concentrate on canonical works of ballet and how the performances of these works have been changing in significant ways. Siegel writes with a keen awareness of the history and mythology that surround particular works, while remaining attentive to the new ways in which a work is interpreted and re-presented by contemporary choreographers and dancers. Through her readable and provocative writings, Siegel offers critical insight into performances of the past twenty-five years to give us a new understanding of ballet in performance. The volume includes over one hundred pieces on a variety of ballet topics, from specific dances and dancers to companies and choreographers, ranging from Swan Lake and The Nutcracker to Nijinsky, Balanchine, Tharp, and Morris to the Bolshoi, the Joffrey, the Miami City Ballet, the Boston Ballet, to name just a few.
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Wesleyan University Press
ISBN-10
0819569267
ISBN-13
9780819569264
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77556293
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mirrors and Scrims : the Life and Afterlife of Ballet
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Dance / Classical & Ballet, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Dance / General
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
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Gv1787.6.S54 2010
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College Graduate Student
Reviews
""Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended."", "A noble collection of probing dance criticism."--Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage "This remarkable collection reconfirms Marcia B. Siegel's stature as one of our most penetrating observers of dance. Ranging from Diaghilev to Balanchine, Forsythe, and Tharp, it masterfully explores issues of history, reinvention, and artistic change in the world of twentieth-century ballet, while evoking memorable artists and performances."--Lynn Garafola, author of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance "In Marcia Siegel's extraordinary new book we see how our experience of ballet is shaped over time. Ballets, from their creation to revival, critical response to influence, begin to occupy a space much greater than any particular performance. Siegel writes on dance with a remarkable multiplicity of perspectives and invites the reader's own thoughts into the mix. The results are that the history of dance forms anew in our minds and our capacity for seeing has been enriched. Reading Mirrors and Scrims is a dazzling, even Proustian experience."--Richard Colton, founder/director, Summer Stages Dance "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended."--T.K. Hagwood, Choice "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."--Peter DeVries, Dance International "A noble collection of probing dance criticism."--Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage "Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book--which, for me, is the best she's published to date."--Miday Aloff, Dance Magazine, Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book-which, for me, is the best she's published to date., Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended., As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. ... Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways., "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. ... Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."--Peter DeVries, Dance International, "This remarkable collection reconfirms Marcia B. Siegel's stature as one of our most penetrating observers of dance. Ranging from Diaghilev to Balanchine, Forsythe, and Tharp, it masterfully explores issues of history, reinvention, and artistic change in the world of twentieth-century ballet, while evoking memorable artists and performances."--Lynn Garafola, author of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance "In Marcia Siegel's extraordinary new book we see how our experience of ballet is shaped over time. Ballets, from their creation to revival, critical response to influence, begin to occupy a space much greater than any particular performance. Siegel writes on dance with a remarkable multiplicity of perspectives and invites the reader's own thoughts into the mix. The results are that the history of dance forms anew in our minds and our capacity for seeing has been enriched. Reading Mirrors and Scrims is a dazzling, even Proustian experience.""--Richard Colton, founder/director, Summer Stages Dance "This remarkable collection reconfirms Marcia B. Siegel's stature as one of our most penetrating observers of dance. Ranging from Diaghilev to Balanchine, Forsythe, and Tharp, it masterfully explores issues of history, reinvention, and artistic change in the world of twentieth-century ballet, while evoking memorable artists and performances."--Lynn Garafola, author of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance, "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."-Peter DeVries, Dance International, "A noble collection of probing dance criticism."--Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended."--T.K. Hagwood, Choice "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."--Peter DeVries, Dance International "A noble collection of probing dance criticism."--Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage "Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book--which, for me, is the best she's published to date."--Miday Aloff, Dance Magazine, "Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book-which, for me, is the best she's published to date." -Miday Aloff, Dance Magazine, "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended." --T.K. Hagwood, Choice, ""Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book--which, for me, is the best she's published to date."", "A noble collection of probing dance criticism."--Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage "Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book--which, for me, is the best she's published to date." --Miday Aloff, Dance Magazine "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. ... Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."--Peter DeVries, Dance International "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended."--T.K. Hagwood, Choice, "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended." ÑT.K. Hagwood, Choice, "Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the bookÑwhich, for me, is the best she's published to date." ÑMiday Aloff, Dance Magazine, "Siegel's comfort with her subject reveals itself in these articulate, critically aware, thoughtful reflections. Highly recommended." -T.K. Hagwood, Choice, "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. É Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."ÑPeter DeVries, Dance International, "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. ... Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."-Peter DeVries, Dance International, ""As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."", "As a critic, Siegel excels not only for her exposition of the dances, but also for her insight into the implications carried by ballet's changing form. … Her reviews are intelligent and thoughtful, and she often muses on the future of the art, the idiosyncratic influences of its practitioners and the roles of the audience in shaping it Her reviews are easy to read and she deftly leads us by the hand, gesturing to salient elements of pivotal works that have evolved ballet in new and exciting ways."-Peter DeVries, Dance International, Her writings on Balanchine, especially her effort/shape analysis of his Serenade, and her remembrance of the dance critic and poet Edwin Denby are, by themselves, worth the price of the book--which, for me, is the best she's published to date.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction LEGENDS The Rose and the Scimitar Le Sacre Reconstructed Afternoon of a Legend Nijinsky's Crime Against Grace Nijinsky in Translation When Ballet Leaped into Today Dance Theater of Harlem's Nijinska Weddings Because I Must Balletomaniacs Robert Joffrey, 1930-1988 The Hum of the Turbine MOVABLE CLASSICS Farm Frolic Bolshoi Wrap-up Cabrioles at Dawn Why We Need the Classics Shazam! Danes at the Met 200 Years of Geniality Kitri's Caboodle Kirov on Tour Swamped Swans Under Glass Kingdom of the Sweet Everyone's Treat Royal Ballet's Bayadère Classic in Retrograde Raymonda Redux Beautification Two Tales Retold POSTLUDE AND PRELUDE George Balanchine, 1904-1983 Edwin Denby, 1903-1983 Balanchine and Beyond The Magic of Mr. B Couples Putting a Little Orange in Their Life Ives and Robbins Modern Dance versus Classical Ballet Changing the Guards Patricia McBride's Farewell A Ballet's Best Friend Tragic Tropes and Anti-tropes Apollonian Ventures Village of Dancers Chris and Friends BALANCHINE DIASPORA Mozart Violin Concerto Cotillon Fable in a Lucite Landscape Miami City Ballet Ur-texts In Search of Repertory Guarding the Legacy Dances Under Glass Ballet, Big Time Balanchine at Harvard Links to a Legacy Sparkle Plenty Balanchinian Baubles What Bodies Are For Fateful Journeys Decoding Balanchine BALLET IN TRANSIT Forsythe's Artifact De Keersmaeker's Elena's Aria Maguy Marin's Babel Babel Forsythe and Marin Tetley's La Ronde Morris's Drink to Me Strangers in the Palace Too Brief a Fling Resurfacing Survival Skills Planet of Cool Mind Matters Lovelyland Building Blocks Poets Lost and Found Dancing Americanness Evolution/Devolution Dreaming and Remembrance A Century in Brief ON WITH THE SHOW No Biz Like It Post-ballet Performance Jerome Robbins's Broadway What They Did for Michael Razzle Center Stage Billy Elliot House on Hold Crash Dancing Braving the Elements Hoop Tamer Zaloomy Toons Largely Bill Irwin Clowns in Flight Warm with Showers Apple Pie Multicult ? The Show Toes on Their Fingers and Drums in Their Heart Tapstravaganza Tap Meets Highbrow Hearts on Fire, Feet on Ice RIFFS AND TRANSLATIONS Portable Traditions Swan Migrations Toe Frolic Trockin' on Decomposing Sugar Plums and Robot Mice After-dinner Nuts Nureyev's Cinderella Grigorovich's The Golden Age Anti-balletics Yo, Jewels! A Dream Awakes See it Live Waking Somewhere Else Wayward Dancing Private Domain Mysterious Histories Plain Folks' Tales Reclaiming the Ordinary Pomo Retro Rite Notes Index, List of Illustrations Preface Introduction LEGENDS The Rose and the Scimitar Le Sacre Reconstructed Afternoon of a Legend Nijinsky's Crime Against Grace Nijinsky in Translation When Ballet Leaped into Today Dance Theater of Harlem's Nijinska Weddings Because I Must Balletomaniacs Robert Joffrey, 1930-1988 The Hum of the Turbine MOVABLE CLASSICS Farm Frolic Bolshoi Wrap-up Cabrioles at Dawn Why We Need the Classics Shazam! Danes at the Met 200 Years of Geniality Kitri's Caboodle Kirov on Tour Swamped Swans Under Glass Kingdom of the Sweet Everyone's Treat Royal Ballet's Bayadère Classic in Retrograde Raymonda Redux Beautification Two Tales Retold POSTLUDE AND PRELUDE George Balanchine, 1904-1983 Edwin Denby, 1903-1983 Balanchine and Beyond The Magic of Mr. B Couples Putting a Little Orange in Their Life Ives and Robbins Modern Dance versus Classical Ballet Changing the Guards Patricia McBride's Farewell A Ballet's Best Friend Tragic Tropes and Anti-tropes Apollonian Ventures Village of Dancers Chris and Friends BALANCHINE DIASPORA Mozart Violin Concerto Cotillon Fable in a Lucite Landscape Miami City Ballet Ur-texts In Search of Repertory Guarding the Legacy Dances Under Glass Ballet, Big Time Balanchine at Harvard Links to a Legacy Sparkle Plenty Balanchinian Baubles What Bodies Are For Fateful Journeys Decoding Balanchine BALLET IN TRANSIT Forsythe's Artifact De Keersmaeker's Elena's Aria Maguy Marin's Babel Babel Forsythe and Marin Tetley's La Ronde Morris's Drink to Me Strangers in the Palace Too Brief a Fling Resurfacing Survival Skills Planet of Cool Mind Matters Lovelyland Building Blocks Poets Lost and Found Dancing Americanness Evolution/Devolution Dreaming and Remembrance A Century in Brief ON WITH THE SHOW No Biz Like It Post-ballet Performance Jerome Robbins's Broadway What They Did for Michael Razzle Center Stage Billy Elliot House on Hold Crash Dancing Braving the Elements Hoop Tamer Zaloomy Toons Largely Bill Irwin Clowns in Flight Warm with Showers Apple Pie Multicult - The Show Toes on Their Fingers and Drums in Their Heart Tapstravaganza Tap Meets Highbrow Hearts on Fire, Feet on Ice RIFFS AND TRANSLATIONS Portable Traditions Swan Migrations Toe Frolic Trockin' on Decomposing Sugar Plums and Robot Mice After-dinner Nuts Nureyev's Cinderella Grigorovich's The Golden Age Anti-balletics Yo, Jewels! A Dream Awakes See it Live Waking Somewhere Else Wayward Dancing Private Domain Mysterious Histories Plain Folks' Tales Reclaiming the Ordinary Pomo Retro Rite Notes Index
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2009-036031
Dewey Decimal
792.809
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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