000			02654nam a22002537a 4500
003			OSt
005			20220818105416.0
008			220818b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
010			_a49015642
035			_a(CStRLIN)CSUG14382504-B
035			_a(OCoLC-M)3320309
035			_a(OCoLC-I)271998322
040			_beng _cAMPA _dOrLoB
050	0		_aGV1787 _b.C58
082	0	4	_220 _a792.809 _bCON
100	1		_aConyn, Cornelius
245	1	0	_aThree centuries of ballet : _bwith eighty-four plates in half-tone / _cCornelius Conyn.
260			_aSydney ; _aWellington ; _bLondon : _bAustralasian Pub. Co., _c1948.
300			_axiv, 125 p.,84 plates : _bill., ports.; _c28 cm.
505			_tCh I. Cultural Development of the Dance / _rOrigin ; Evolution ; Musical Interpretation ; Birth of Ballet ; Technical Foundations ; Coda -- _tCh II. Classical and Romantic Ballet / _rWhat's in a Name? ; Ballet in its Infancy ; Development in Europe ; Aims of Classical Interpretation -- _tCh III. Variations on a Ballet Theme / _rNational Forms of ballet ; Transition ; Modern Expressionist Groups ; Future -- _tIV. The Diaghilev Era / _rThe Company and its Leader ; The Three periods of the Ballet Russe ; The Artists ; Successors of the Ballet Russe -- _tV. The Twentieth Century / _rRevolt against Academic Principles ; Modern-Academic Ballet ; Pre-war Development ; Post-war Developments -- _tVI. Revolution in the Dance World / _rGreek dancing and Eurhthymics ; The Central-European Schools ; The Survivors -- _tVII. Followers of the Central-European Schools / _rThe Europeans ; Combination of ballet and Folk-Dance ; Influence on Oriental Dancers -- _tVIII. Famous Ballet Dancers / _rThe Rôle of the Dancer ; The Eighteenth Century ; The Nineteenth Century ; And up to our own Day -- _tIX. Choreography and Choreographers / _rBackground ; The Master Choreographer ; Leonid Massine ; George Balanchine and Others -- _tX. Elements of the Stage Dance / _rMusic ; Dance Style ; Décor ; Costume -- _tXI. Literature and the Ballet / _rBallet and Dance Theatre ; Famous Ballet Themes ; Literary Values in Modern Ballet -- _tXII. The Dance in Spain / _rThe Bull-fight considered as a Form of Ballet ; Regional Dancing ; The Gipsy Influence ; Modern Stage Dancing -- _tXIII. Creation of a Ballet / _rInitiation ; Collaboration ; Les Forces Errantes -- _tXIV. Epilogue: From Tribal Dance to Ballet Blanc / _rDark Africa ; The Maori "Haka-Haka" ; Polynesian Rhythms ; The Royal Ballet of Java ; Trance Dancing in Bali ; Cuardro Flamenco ; Metropolitan Interlude ; Ballroom Dancing ; Au Revoir to Ballet.
650		0	_aBallet _xHistory
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c5421 _d5421