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Prokofiev’s Ballets for Diaghilev
Stephen 0. Press
~~£55~~ reduced to £52.50 post free

Ballet impresario Sergey Pavlovitch Diaghilev and composer Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev are eminent figures in twentieth-century cultural history; yet is the first detailed account of their fifreen-year collaboration. Stephen Press discusses the genesis of each ballet, including the important contributions of the scenic designers (Mikhiail Larionov, Georgy Yakulov and Georges Rouault) and the choreographer/dancers (Leonid Massine, Serge Lifar and George Balanchine), and the special relationship between the ballets progenitors.

Contents: Introduction; Prokofiev and Diaghilev; Gauging originality vs. influence in Ala i Lolli and Chout; The two versions of Chout and the Suite; Topical appropriations and a "new simplicity" in Le Pas d’acier; L’Enfenr prodigue and the end of a fruitful collaboration; Bibliography; Index.

Includes 35 b&w photographic illustrations

October2003 c. 300 pages

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