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 32m
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 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Russian Ballet
2INTRODUCTION.
3THAMAR.
4LES SYLPHIDES.
5NARCISSE.
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6LE DIEU BLEU.
7LA TRAGÉDIE DE SALOME.
8S. Hurok Presents; A Memoir of the Dance World
91. Prelude: How It All Began
104. Sextette
115. Three Ladies of the Maryinsky—And Others
126. Tristan and Isolde: Michel and Vera Fokine
138. Revolution and Counter-revolution: Leonide Massine and the New Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo
1410. The Best of Plans ... Ballet Theatre
1511. Indecisive Interlude: De Basil’s Farewell and A Pair of Classical Britons
1612. Ballet Climax— Sadler’s Wells And After.... (pt. 1)
1712. Ballet Climax— Sadler’s Wells And After.... (pt. 2)
18Epilogue: Unborn Tomorrow
19The Art of Ballet
20PREFACE
21BOOK I: THE FIRST ERA
22CHAPTER I A DISTINCTION, AND SOME DIFFERENCES
23CHAPTER II EGYPT
24CHAPTER III GREECE
25CHAPTER IV MIME AND PANTOMIME: ROME, HIPPODROME—OBSCURITY
26CHAPTER V CHURCH THUNDER AND CHURCH COMPLAISANCE
27CHAPTER VI THE BANQUET-BALL OF BERGONZIO DI BOTTA, 1489, AND THE FAMOUS “BALLET COMIQUE DE LA REINE,” 1581
28CHAPTER VII THOINOT ARBEAU’S “ORCHÉSOGRAPHIE,” 1588
29CHAPTER VIII SCENIC EFFECT: THE ENGLISH MASQUE AS BALLET
30CHAPTER IX BALLET ON THE MOVE
31CHAPTER X COURT BALLETS ABROAD: 1609-1650
32CHAPTER XI THE TURNING POINT: LE ROI SOLEIL AND HIS ACADEMY OF DANCING, 1651-1675
33BOOK II: THE SECOND ERA
34CHAPTER XII SOME EARLY STARS AND BALLETS
35CHAPTER XIII PANTOMIME AT SCEAUX: AND MLLE. PRÉVÔT
36CHAPTER XIV ITALIAN COMEDY AND THE THEATRES OF THE FAIR
37CHAPTER XV WATTEAU’S DEBT TO THE STAGE
38CHAPTER XVI THE SPECTATOR AND MR. WEAVER
39CHAPTER XVII A FRENCH DANCER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON
40CHAPTER XVIII LA BELLE CAMARGO
41CHAPTER XIX THE HOUSE OF VESTRIS
42CHAPTER XX JEAN GEORGES NOVERRE
43CHAPTER XXI GUIMARD THE GRAND: 1743-1816
44CHAPTER XXII DESPRÉAUX, POET AND—HUSBAND OF GUIMARD
45CHAPTER XXIII A CENTURY’S CLOSE
46BOOK III: THE MODERN ERA
47CHAPTER XXIV THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
48CHAPTER XXV CARLO BLASIS
49CHAPTER XXVI MARIE TAGLIONI (“SYLPHIDE”)
50CHAPTER XXVII CARLOTTA GRISI (GISELLE)
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