Swans of the Kremlin: Ballet and Power in Soviet Russia

Contents

vii Acknowledgments ix A Note on Transliteration and Translation xi Introduction 1 1. Survival: The Mariinsky and Bolshoi after the October Revolution 10 2. Ideological Pressure: Classical Ballet and Soviet Cultural Politics, 1923–1936 30 3. Art versus Politics: The Kirov’s Artistic Council, 1950s–1960s 67 4. Ballet Battles: The Kirov Ballet during Khrushchev’s Thaw 102 5. Beyond the Iron Curtain: The Bolshoi Ballet in London in 1956 137 6. Enfant Terrible: Leonid Iakobson and The Bedbug, 1962 169 7. Choreography as Resistance: Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacus, 1968 201 Conclusion 232 Appendix 1: A Who’s Who 241 Appendix 2: Ballets 257 Notes 273 Bibliography 301 Index 309 Contents ...