The Ballets Russes and Beyond

Autorentext

Davinia Caddy is Senior Lecturer at the School of Music, University of Auckland. Her articles and reviews have appeared in publications including the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 19th-Century Music, the Cambridge Opera Journal, Music and Letters and Opera Quarterly.

Klappentext

A fresh perspective on the Ballets Russes, focusing on relations between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-époque Paris.

Zusammenfassung
An important and provocative contribution to the burgeoning literature on the Ballets Russes, this book examines the relation between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-epoque Paris. Davinia Caddy presents fresh perspectives on the broadly acknowledged innovations of the Ballets Russes, opening up important new areas for debate.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Le Génie de la danse; 2. Ballet at the Opéra and La Fête chez Thérèse; 3. Nijinsky's Faune revisited; 4. Metaphors of invasion: the Ballets Russes and the French press; 5. Beyond and behind Le Coq d'or.