10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLETOMANIA»
Discover the use of
balletomania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
balletomania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Balletomania - The Story of an Obsession
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2
A Queer History of the Ballet
The balletomanes also presented the ballerina with gifts in their turn, and these
tended to be a great deal more expensive than a bit of costume or an old shoe.
Balletomania, as the name suggests, was an impassioned and even a frenzied ...
3
Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, ...
Balletomania. and. Other. Thrills. Pavlova. in. Stockholm. In. the crowd which
escorted me when I left the theater, there were people ofall stations: men and
women belonging to the middle-class bourgeoisie, clerks and workmen,
dressmakers' ...
4
English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period
effulgent radiance for many years.1 Although the ensuing balletomania might be
thought to have been a force inimical to the appreciation of plays, in fact the
Russian dancers opened up for the English public a whole new world of
aesthetic ...
5
Ballet 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet
The word derives from "balletomania," meaning an intense, nearly mad,
enthusiasm for ballet. (Similarly, nineteenth century Russian opera buffs with
unbounded devotion to melodic Italian opera, were known as melomanes.)
Invariably male ...
6
Modern Dance in France (1920-1970): An Adventure
... not entertainment, but a weapon of combat, artistic combat, primarily against
the omnipresent and omnipotent academicism as well as against the ordinary
incorrigible balletomania that reigned supreme. This combat represented,
moreover, ...
Jacqueline Robinson, 2013
7
Modern Dance in France: An Adventure 1920-1970
... not entertainment, but a weapon of combat, artistic combat, primarily against
the omnipresent and omnipotent academicism as well as against the ordinary
incorrigible balletomania that reigned supreme. This combat represented,
moreover, ...
Jacqueline Robinson, 1998
8
Queer Domesticities: Homosexuality and Home Life in ...
Onthissee: TirzaLatimer,'Balletomania: A Sexual Disorder?', GLQ: A Journal of
Lesbian and Gay Studies 5, no. 2 (1999): 173–197; Martha Vicinus, 'Male
ImpersonationandLesbian Desire',in Borderlines: Genders and Identities in War
and ...
9
Time and the Dancing Image
Haskell, Arnold. Balletomania: The Story of an Obsession. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1934. Reprinted with additional material as Balletomania: Then and
Now. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Haskell, Barbara, with an additional essay
by ...
10
Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything was Possible
But then she talked about his virtues, and it was the first time that I learned to
respect balletomania and to think how much the balletomanes had contributed.
That was a wonderful thing about Ballet Review, that it had all kinds — dancers, ...
Sally Banes, Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALLETOMANIA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
balletomania is used in the context of the following news items.
New York City Ballet: Expanded season brings great dances
With classical splendor, modernist thrills, and lush romantic tales, the expanded NYCB season should make balletomania happily infectious. «The Saratogian, Jul 15»
Review: American Ballet Theater's 'Giselle' Bounds as Past Giselles …
This establishes a climate of balletomania, where dancers matter as much as repertory; and usually the Met balletomanes reach peak frenzy in ... «New York Times, May 15»
'Astonish Me' Raised My Eyebrows, But Not for the Reasons You …
... ballerina Nora Kaye, and her friend and fellow dancer Isabel Mirrow Brown, The Turning Point incited a brief bout of American balletomania. «PopMatters, Apr 15»
DVD: The Tales of Hoffmann
That suggests it's a lesser work than The Red Shoes, indisputably cinema's ultimate contribution to balletomania. However, opera lovers ... «The Arts Desk, Mar 15»
Ivan Vasiliev and Roberto Bolle: interview with ballet royalty
Echoes of the old balletomania can be found in the title itself, which evokes the days before the Romantic rise of the ballerina to supremacy, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 14»
A talented child, her jealous siblings and her broke parents
Given the resentment my daughter's balletomania has created, is there any way to restore harmony in our family? AChildren with special talents ... «Washington Post, Aug 12»
Up from down under: The Australian Ballet returns with bravura …
Curiously, "Dyad" was created in homage to the Ballets Russes, that legendary troupe whose descendants sowed the seeds of balletomania in ... «The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, Jun 12»
Moira de Swardt
Balletomania! was on at The Mandela, Joburg Theatre. The Balletomania! Season was enabled by Arts Alive which is an ongoing programme ... «Artslink.co.za News, Sep 11»
Dancing through Arts Alive
Highlights include Balletomania by the South African Ballet Theatre (SABT), which will run from 9 to 11 September at the Joburg Theatre. «Joburg, Aug 11»
SABT's Balletomania at Arts Alive 2011
The company will be presenting Balletomania - a Celebration of The South African Ballet Theatre's 10th anniversary. This season forms part of ... «Artslink.co.za News, Aug 11»
