Dalí and the ballet

George Balanchine’s arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold and original neoclassical style that is cele...

This chapter chronicles the formation and first season of the dance company Ballet Caravan, revealing the troupe’s close ties to the American Ballet and School of American Ballet. ...

Making Ballet 1 provides a choreographic analysis of the ballet Billy the Kid, produced by Ballet Caravan in 1938 with choreography by Eugene Loring, music by Aaron Copland, desig...

Abstract A complete and inclusive resource on introductory ballet training and history for the teen-adult reader. Unique in its equally balanced discussion of tec...

The ballet brings together many of the threads pursued in this book: patronage, queerness, the Sitwells, interactions between fine art, design, and popular culture. Because Diaghil...

Making Ballet 3 provides a choreographic analysis of the ballet Western Symphony, produced by the New York City Ballet in 1954 with choreography by George Balanchine, music by Her...

After its debut season Ballet Caravan became an increasingly independent organization led by Lincoln Kirstein that pursued an aesthetic agenda more explicitly American than the pro...

Making Ballet 2 provides a choreographic analysis of the ballet Rodeo, produced by Sergei J. Denham’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942 with choreography and libretto by Agnes d...