Choreography and Narrative Ballet's Staging of Story and Desire
| Author/creator | Foster, Susan L. Author |
| Other author | Foster, Susan Leigh Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press |
| Description | 392 p. ill 10.000 x 07.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation <p>"Undoubtedly, Choreography and Narrative is an important contribution to dance history research." -- Nineteenth-Century French Studies</p><p>"This work is a landmark in the field and belongs in all libraries serving undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers in dance." -- Choice</p><p>"Invents a new method for writing the history of performance: Foster has found an innovative way of appealing directly to the kinesthetic imagination of her readers, evoking the elusive styles of the pieces she reconstructs." -- Joseph Roach</p><p>"An impressive work of scholarship, this elegantly staged study... uses the concept of a culturally constructed, historically specific body to cut across disciplinary boundaries..." -- Library Journal</p><p>Foster examines the development of ballet, and conceptions of the dancing body, as ballet separated from opera and emerged as an autonomous art form during the turbulence of 18th-century French society and history.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 96002237 |
| ISBN | 9780253212160 |
| ISBN | 0253212162 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780253212160 |
| Stock number | 00012826 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |