A Loftier Flight : The Life and Accomplishments of Charles-Louis Didelot, Balletmaster

A Loftier Flight The Life and Accomplishments of Charles-Louis Didelot, Balletmaster

Charles-Louis Didelot (1767–1837) was a French balletmaster in the fullest sense of the word: an exacting teacher-director, whose many contributions included dancing en pointe and mime work; a highly imaginative choreographer, who often collaborated with his composers and even instructed the orchest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swift, Mary Grace (-)
Corporate Author: American Council of Learned Societies (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press 1974
[1974]
Edition:[1st ed.]
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Didelot, Charles Louis, > 1767-1837.
Ballet
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431072506719
Table of Contents:
  • I. Opening Steps
  • II. English Growing Pains
  • III. Faux Pas in Bordeaux
  • IV. Revolutionary Ballet
  • V. Lofty Flights in Britain
  • VI. Loftier Flights in Russia
  • VII. The Uproar House
  • VIII. Soulful Flights in Russia
  • IX. The Master's Wing-clipping
  • Chronological List of Dances and Pantomimes Staged by Charles-Louis Didelot

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