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Winner of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Memorial Prize (2010)

In this stunning new collection of reviews and essays, dance critic Marcia B. Siegel grapples with the floating identity of ballet, as well as particular ballets, and with the expanding environment of spectacle in which ballet competes for an audience. Drawn from a wide variety of published sources, these writings concentrate on canonical works of ballet and how the performances of these works have been changing in significant ways. Siegel writes with a keen awareness of the history and mythology that surround particular works, while remaining attentive to the new ways in which a work is interpreted and re-presented by contemporary choreographers and dancers. Through her readable and provocative writings, Siegel offers critical insight into performances of the past twenty-five years to give us a new understanding of ballet in performance. The volume includes over one hundred pieces on a variety of ballet topics, from specific dances and dancers to companies and choreographers, ranging from Swan Lake and The Nutcracker to Nijinsky, Balanchine, Tharp, and Morris to the Bolshoi, the Joffrey, the Miami City Ballet, the Boston Ballet, to name just a few.

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Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. p. vii
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  1. Preface
  2. p. ix
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. 1.Legends
  2. pp. 1-45
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  1. 2. Movable Classics
  2. pp. 46-103
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  1. 3. Postlude & Prelude
  2. pp. 104-163
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  1. 4. Balanchine Diaspora
  2. pp. 164-206
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  1. 5. Ballet in Transit
  2. pp. 207-274
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  1. 6. On with the Show
  2. pp. 275-322
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  1. 7. Riffs and Translations
  2. pp. 323-377
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 379-381
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 383-398
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  1. About the Author
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