The Russian Ballet

By Ellen Terry

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 4057664635273

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Ellen Terry

The Russian Ballet

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4057664635273

Table of Contents

THE RUSSIAN BALLET

Introductory

Dancing In General

Religious Dancing

The Russian Revival

Male Dancers

Sur les Pointes

How Far a Native Ballet?

Personality—and Nijinsky

Nijinsky's Distinction

Nijinsky Always a Dancer

The Dance Poems

Les Sylphides

Le Carnaval

The Corps de Ballet

Le Spectre de la Rose

A Paradox

Tamar

Prince Igor

Pavillon d' Armide

Narcisse

0018m

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THE RUSSIAN BALLET

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Introductory

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THE Russian ballet, at least that section of it which M. de Diaghiliev, patron and grand seigneur rather than agent, has taken all over Europe during the last few years, and more recently to America, is now more than a darling of its own nation, a naturally ballet-loving nation. It has become an international possession. In England the Russian dancers have perhaps been acclaimed with more whole-hearted fervor than elsewhere, because before their coming the land was barren. In France and Italy they had ballets of their own. They have a standard by which they can measure the visitors from St. Petersburg. But English audiences, like children presented with a new toy, first shyly wondered at the novelty of the agile strangers, and then fell into transports of enthusiasm.

Uncritical enthusiasm toward art and artists is an amiable attitude of the English once they have been gained over. And this enthusiasm has a way of persisting. The English public may be slow, said a musician who had taken a long time