Czech-born Kylián was inspired by the beautiful music of his compatriot, Janáček, to create this fluid, spacious, romantic ballet which has become a milestone in contemporary choreography. The forceful fanfares of Janáček’s music are matched by a ceaselessly energetic and exuberant display of...
Some theatrical events live on in popular memory to become legends - such were Nijinsky's appearances in Diaghilev's early Saison Russes in Paris. Mikhail Fokine was Diaghilev's chief chroegrapher and his choreography marked a departure from many of the rigid rules and forms of classical ballet and...
P. I. Tchaikovsky is considered to be Russia’s great symphonic composer. In his music he achieved a synthesis of the national musical language of Russia and the compositional forms of the western European Romantics. His most famous ballets enjoy a position of honor in the Classical Ballet...
The onset of the First World War and the Russian Revolution of 1917 had drastic consequences for Stravinsky in his Swiss exile: his property was confiscated, and he thereby lost the rights to his works and the associated income, leaving him in a situation which isolated him as an artist. His...
he appointment of successful dancer and choreographer Nacho Duato as artistic director of the Compaňia Nacional de Danza in 1990, marked an innovative departure in the history of this Spanish dance company. The declared aim of those responsible was to create an independent national ballet company....
Stravinsky, who was born in Oranienbaum near St. Petersburg in 1882, moved with his family to Switzerland in 1910. His neo-classical period between the years of 1920 and 1939 is indicated among other things by the dance comedy Pulcinella, which was written in 1919/20, a commedia dell’arte...
Psychological preparation is now recognised as being of key importance in improving sports performance. This book describes performance profiling methods used by coaches and psychologists and exercises and assessments are presented in an accessible| | style. Although based on practical experience,...
