Dying swans and madmen: ballet, the body, and narrative cinema
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Main Author: McLean, Adrienne L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press c2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-290), filmography (p. 291-296), and index
Introduction : ballet in tin cans -- A channel for progress : theatrical dance, popular culture, and (the) American Ballet -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 1, the life of a ballerina is indeed tough -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 2, the man was mad--but a genius! -- If you can disregard the plot : the red shoes in an American context -- The second act will be quite different : cinema, culture, and ballet in the 1950s -- Turning points : -- Ballet and its bodies in the "post-studio" era
The author explores the curious pairing of classical and contemporary, art and entertainment, high culture and popular culture to reveal the ambivalent place that this art form occupies in American life
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 304 p.)
ISBN:0813542790
0813542804
081354467X
1281397261
9780813542799
9780813542805
9780813544670
9781281397263

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