Mirrors and Scrims: The Life and Afterlife of Ballet

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Mirrors & Scrims books by marcia b. siegel Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance 1976–1982 Days on Earth: The Dance of Doris Humphrey The Shapes of Change: Images of American Dance Watching the Dance Go By At the Vanishing Point: A Critic Looks at Dance wesleyan university press Middletown, Connecticut MIRRORS & SCRIMS The Life and Afterlife of Ballet Marcia B. Siegel Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress ∫ 2010 by Marcia B. Siegel All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A. 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siegel, Marcia B. Mirrors and scrims : the life and afterlife of ballet / Marcia B. Siegel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8195-6875-5 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8195-6926-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ballet—History. 2. Ballet dancers—History. 3. Ballet companies—History. I. Title. gv1787.6.s54 2010 792.809—dc22 2009036031 Title page photograph: Les Biches (Nijinska). ∫ Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. ...