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In search of the past: the phenomenon of the Russian ballet in exile in the 20th century
In search of the past: the phenomenon of the Russian ballet in exile in the 20th century The paper investigates the phenomenon of the Russian ballet in exile in the twentieth century. It highlights that the art of the ballet is a little studied part of
Joanna Mianowska
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The Many Nationalities of Tamara Khanum: Friendship of the Peoples at Home, Abroad, and Within
Abstract Inspired by scholarship on empire and historical biography, this article examines the life of Soviet entertainer Tamara Khanum (1906–91) and her formation as a socialist intermediary. First, it considers how an ethnic Armenian born in the Uzbek SSR came to represent an image of liberated Eastern femininity to domestic audiences.
Charles D. Shaw
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Francois Delsarte, Prince Sergei Volkonsky and Mikhail Chekhov [PDF]
In 1913 Prince Sergei Volkonsky, a director of the Russian Imperial Ballet, published two books based on Delsarte’s principles which had considerable impact on the Russian modernist theatre.
Taylor, George, Whyman, Rose
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The Russian musical emigration in Yugoslavia after 1917 [PDF]
Around forty thousand Russian emigrants settled in Yugoslavia running away from the terror of the 1917 Revolution. A high percentage of them were writers, artists, musicians and ballet dancers.
Melita Milin
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St Matthew Passion by J. Neumeier: Choreographic Embodiment of J.S. Bach’s Oratorio [PDF]
St Matthew Passion (1981) is one of John Neumeier’s most important and iconic works representing a ‘living’ fresco of the New Testament story. In this article, the author attempts to explore the choreographic interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ...
Kondratova Polina A.
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The Steel Step ballet by Sergei Prokofiev in Paris and London (1927)
The creative dialogue between Sergei Diaghilev and Sergei Prokofiev is one of the key issues on the agenda of modern musicology. Among the productions developed for Diaghilev’s ballet company, one work with a whimsical and somewhat clumsy name ...
Ivan D. Porshnev
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Nikolai Evreinov and Edith Craig as Mediums of Modernist Sensibility [PDF]
Nikolai Evreinov (1870-1953) was a Russian playwright, director, and theorist of the theatre who played a leading part in the modernist movement of Russian theatre.
Smith, Alexandra
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ИРИНА БАРОНОВА (1919 - 2008): ЗВЕЗДА РУССКОГО БАЛЕТА
"Russian Ballet" still remain an emotional and exciting point in the world of ballet art. The ballet world created by Sergei Diaghilev is still hard to beat.
Nikolay Vitsyn
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Historical aspects of ballet education development are considered. The role of Peter the Great the reformer of cultural life of Russia is marked, as he introduced music and dance in Russian society everyday life.
E. V. Pikiner, M. N. Yureva
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Russian Ballet and Postmodern Trends
In this article, Russian ballet is considered from the point of view of the peculiarities of the aesthetics of postmodernism and as one of the brightest manifestations of postmodern culture. The subject of the study is the trends of postmodernism in modern Russian ballet.
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