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"The singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the most glorious Technicolor feasts ever concocted for the screen. Moira Shearer is a rising star ballerina torn between an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on perfection. Featuring outstanding performances, blazingly beautiful cinematography by Jack Cardiff, Oscar-winning sets and music, and an unforgettable, hallucinatory central dance sequence, this beloved classic, dazzlingly restored, stands as an enthralling tribute to the life of the artist."

Ballerinas --- Ballet companies --- Man-woman relationships

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"Early Days, Early Dancers documents the first decade of the National Ballet, focusing on the dancers of the 1950s, especially principal dancers Lois Smith, David Adams, Angela Leigh, Donald Mahler, and Celia Franca, herself a dancer and later the Company’s Artistic Director. With an enthusiastic foreword by Karen Kain, and a moving afterword by Veronica Tenant, the book includes pieces by twenty-two dancers, plus memorial tributes to dancers who have passed away. Contributions explore the dancer's journey through St. Lawrence Hall, summer school, rehearsal, and life on tour, as well as life after a career in dance. Portraits includes comments by the dancers on such figures as Celia Franca, Betty Oliphant, and Kay Ambrose among others, and memorial tributes to those dance figures who have died are written by well-known writers contemporaries such as Michal Crabbe, John Fraser, Vanessa Harwood, and Veronica Tenant. These memories of the Company's early dancers provide a unique impression of the origins of the National Ballet, and the history of dance in Canada, and highlight the way the present dances on the shoulders of those who have gone before."--

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This book discusses how an internationally renowned ballet company sustained itself without financial support for years because of the energy and manipulations of its charismatic founder, Serge Diaghilev, while also reshaping modern ballet and music.

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"La représentation du monde de la danse classique oscille entre fascination et condamnation. Fascination pour les danseurs et danseuses qui se consacrent "corps et âme" à la recherche de l'excellence artistique. Condamnation de la souffrance et des sacrifices d'une vie d'ascète dans un univers compétitif à l'extrême. Le cinéma, la littérature et les médias véhiculent sans cesse une telle tension, comme en témoigne le film à succès Black Swan. Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris est au coeur de cette représentation fantasmatique, au point d'en être le modèle. Dévoilement des coulisses de cette institution prestigieuse, cet ouvrage montre comment les désirs des jeunes aspirants sont façonnés, entretenus ou remis en cause au fil d'une vie tout entière consacrée à la danse malgré des chances de réussite très incertaines. L'enquête menée auprès des élèves et de leurs parents, des professeurs et des anciens danseurs permet de saisir sur le vif les mécanismes sociaux qui amènent les danseurs à donner du sens à leur engagement. En suivant les danseurs et les danseuses dès l'entrée dans la pratique, durant la scolarité et jusqu'à leur départ à la retraite, Joël Laillier donne à voir la fabrique d'une élite artistique."--Page 4 of cover.

Ballet dancers --- Ballet companies --- Dance --- Ballet companies. --- Ballet dancers. --- Dance --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Opéra de Paris. --- Opéra de Paris. --- France

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How ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture

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