Bolshoi confidential : secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the tsars to today
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Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - Adult Nonfiction
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xxix, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-479) and index.
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"On a freezing night in January 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. The Bolshoi Theater had been a crown jewel during the reign of the tsars and an emblem of Soviet power throughout the twentieth century. The attack and its torrid aftermath underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, and to the world. The acid attack resonated far beyond the world of ballet, both into Russia's political infrastructure and, as renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows in his tour-de-force account, the very core of the Bolshoi’s unparalleled history. With exclusive access to state archives and private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the storied ballet, describing the careers of those onstage as well as off, tracing the political ties that bind the institution to the varying Russian regimes, and detailing the birth of some of the best-loved ballets in the repertoire. As Morrison reveals in lush and insightful prose, the theater has been bombed, rigged with explosives, and reinforced with cement. Its dancers have suffered unimaginable physical torment to climb the ranks, sometimes for so little money that they kept cows at home whose milk they could sell for food. But the Bolshoi has transcended its own fraught history, surviving 250 years of artistic and political upheaval to define not only Russian culture but also ballet itself. In this sweeping, definitive account, Morrison demonstrates once and for all that, as Russia goes, so goes the Bolshoi Ballet"--,Adapted from publisher's description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Morrison, S. A. (2016). Bolshoi confidential: secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the tsars to today (First Edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Morrison, Simon Alexander, 1964-. 2016. Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet From the Rule of the Tsars to Today. New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Morrison, Simon Alexander, 1964-. Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet From the Rule of the Tsars to Today New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Morrison, Simon Alexander. Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet From the Rule of the Tsars to Today First Edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.

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