Dancing with Grace: 3 Classic Books on Ballet Artistry
Classic Writings on Ballet Technique, Russian Heritage, Stagecraft, and International TouringBy A. E. Johnson, Sol Hurok, Mark Edward Perugini
Length30h 26m
About this audiobook
Dancing with Grace: 3 Classic Books on Ballet Artistry gathers three distinct reflections on ballet's demanding synthesis of discipline, musicality, theatrical illusion, and embodied expression. Moving between critical appreciation, practical insight, and the broader cultural life of performance, the volume illuminates ballet not merely as a repertory of steps but as an art of interpretation. Its varied prose modes—descriptive, evaluative, and anecdotal—make room for both the intimacy of the studio and the public spectacle of the stage. The collection's contributors bring complementary vantage points to the history and meaning of dance. A. E. Johnson and Mark Edward Perugini offer perspectives attentive to ballet's artistic practices and aesthetic ideals, while Sol Hurok's presence connects the volume to the modern international circulation of celebrated performers and companies. Together, these voices situate ballet within twentieth-century performance culture, where training, patronage, criticism, and touring helped shape the art's public identity. Their convergence enriches an understanding of how grace is cultivated, represented, and received. Ideal for dance students, historians of performance, and general readers, this volume offers a valuable opportunity to encounter several classic approaches within one accessible anthology. Readers will find both an educational introduction to ballet artistry and a stimulating dialogue among differing sensibilities, one that deepens appreciation for the labor, imagination, and cultural legacy behind the dance.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length30 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Russian Ballet
2The Russian Ballet
3INTRODUCTION.
4THAMAR.
5LES SYLPHIDES.
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6NARCISSE.
7LE DIEU BLEU.
8LA TRAGÉDIE DE SALOME.
9S. Hurok Presents; A Memoir of the Dance World
101. Prelude: How It All Began
114. Sextette
125. Three Ladies of the Maryinsky—And Others
136. Tristan and Isolde: Michel and Vera Fokine
148. Revolution and Counter-revolution: Leonide Massine and the New Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo
1510. The Best of Plans ... Ballet Theatre
1611. Indecisive Interlude: De Basil’s Farewell and A Pair of Classical Britons
1712. Ballet Climax— Sadler’s Wells And After....
1812. Ballet Climax— Sadler’s Wells And After.... (pt. 1)
1912. Ballet Climax— Sadler’s Wells And After.... (pt. 2)
20Epilogue: Unborn Tomorrow
21The Art of Ballet
22The Art of Ballet
23PREFACE
24BOOK I: THE FIRST ERA (pt. 1)
25BOOK I: THE FIRST ERA (pt. 2)
26BOOK II: THE SECOND ERA (pt. 1)
27BOOK II: THE SECOND ERA (pt. 2)
28BOOK III: THE MODERN ERA (pt. 1)
29BOOK III: THE MODERN ERA (pt. 2)
30Footnote
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