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Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) : her place in the history of ballet and her impact on the future of classical dance

Title
Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) : her place in the history of ballet and her impact on the future of classical dance / Peggy Willis-Aarnio.
Author
Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948-
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Komleva, Gabriella.
  • Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-
  • Sollertinskiĭ, Ivan, 1902-1944.
  • Breshears, Caroline.
  • Robertson, Ian.
Description
xxxvi, 637 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes numerous references to: George Balanchine, Cyril W. Beaumont, Carlo Blasis, Ballet Theatre, Enrico Cecchetti, Serge Diaghilev, Natalia Dudinskaya, Isadora Duncan, Mikhail Fokine, Vera Krasovskaya, N.G. Legat, Fyodor Lopukhov, Vaslav Nijinsky, Jean-Georges Noverre, Anna Pavlova, Marius Petipa, and Natalia Roslavleva.
  • Includes an interview by Peggy Willis-Aarnio with Gabriella Komleva (with the help of Elizabeth Kendall, as translator) on July 18, 1997 (p. 499-511).
  • Includes 17 unnumbered pages of b & w ill. and 7 leaves of col. ill. between p. [218-219].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-613) and index (p. 615-637).
Call Number
*MGYB (Vaganova) 04-3409
ISBN
0773470743
LCCN
2002071432
OCLC
  • 49822795
  • NYPY05-B10033
Author
Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948-
Title
Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) : her place in the history of ballet and her impact on the future of classical dance / Peggy Willis-Aarnio.
Imprint
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-613) and index (p. 615-637).
Local Note
Introduction by Ian Robertson.
Appendix I: Classical dance and its theory by I. Sollertinsky. [Introduction to Vaganova's The Fundamentals of classical dance, 1934]
Appendix II: Vaganova's roles in ballets, operas; Her roles in performances; Solo roles in performances; Solo and luminary roles in operas; and The list of Vaganova's pupils.
Appendix III: Ballet timeline.
Appendix IV: Classical ballet lineage; The evolution of ballet pedagogy, with key figures in the development of Ballet d'Action; and in ballet history
Appendix V: Ballet teaching essays by Caroline Breshears.
Added Author
Komleva, Gabriella. Interviewee
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- Associated name
Sollertinskiĭ, Ivan, 1902-1944.
Breshears, Caroline.
Robertson, Ian.
Research Call Number
*MGYB (Vaganova) 04-3409
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