Swans of the Kremlin : ballet and power in Soviet Russia /

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"A fascinating glimpse at the collision of art and politics during the first fifty years of the Soviet period. Ezrahi shows how the producers and performers of Russia's two major ballet troupes quietly but effectively resisted Soviet cultural hegemony during this period"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ezrahi, Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.
Series:Series in Russian and East European studies.
Subjects:
Ballet > Soviet Union > History.
Dance > Soviet Union > History.
Dance > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Ballet > URSS > Histoire.
Danse > URSS > Histoire.
Danse > Aspect politique > URSS.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Classical & Ballet.
HISTORY > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Ballet.
Dance.
Dance > Political aspects.
Ballett
Tanz
Kulturpolitik
Soviet Union.
Sowjetunion
Rusland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Survival: the Mariinsky and Bolshoi after the October revolution
  • Ideological pressure: classical ballet and Soviet cultural politics, 1923-1936
  • Art versus politics: the Kirov's artistic council, 1950s-1960s
  • Ballet battles: the Kirov ballet during Khrushchev's Thaw
  • Beyond the iron curtain: the Bolshoi ballet in London in 1956
  • Enfant terrible: Leonid Iakobson and The Bedbug, 1962
  • Choreography as resistance: Yuri Grigorovich's Spartacus, 1968.

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