Seize Your Copy Apollos Angels: A History Of Ballet Fashioned By Jennifer Homans Distributed In Booklet

libro An excellent book delivered on time and well packaged, I ordered this book having heard Jennifer Homans in conversation on public radio in the USA, The book is not glossy enough for its subject although there are some really interesting bits, As someone who is no expert on ballet, I wasn't bothered about the amount of space devoted in Homans's book to dancers or choreographers of recent years, whether American or European ones.
This is a stunning historical survey, for example, in its treatment of ballet's development during the reign of Louis IV, full of highly informative detail but never in the least ponderous, 'A History' it certainly is, rather than a book for dance anoraks, If you read this tome in conjunction with Warren Lewis's C, S. 's brother highly evocative books 'The Splendid Century' and 'The Sunset of the Splendid Century' you will findth century French court life wonderfully illuminated and, to stretch a point, certain aspects of the recent TV series 'Versailles' offer visual images that have not a little bearing too notwithstanding the high degree of artistic licence : Uno de los mejores libros para conocer la historia del ballet, es bastante extenso pero es una joya si te interesa el ballet.
Amazing book if you are interesting in ballet , written very well, The price was great and the delivery quick A bit early for a review since I have yet to complete it.
Nevertheless I am finding it very readable and informative, I like the structure and style, It is well researched and written to inform rather than impress, It gets five since I am enjoying reading it and learning about the art form that I love

and appreciate all the with the knowledge I gain from books like this.
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For than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization.
Its traditions serve as a record of our past, Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollos Angelsthe first cultural history of ballet ever writtenis a groundbreaking work.
From ballets origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under Frances Louis XIV himself an avid dancer, the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St.
Petersburg. In the twentieth century, migr dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe, setting off a new and radical transformation of dance.
Jennifer Homans, a historian, critic, and former professional ballerina, wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice, Her admiration and love for the ballet, as Entertainment Weeklynotes, brings a dancers grace and sure footed agility to the page.


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