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Summary:

"'Balanchine and the Lost Muse' traces the early lives and friendship of famed choreographer George Balanchine and the extraordinary young ballerina Lidia (Lidochka) Ivanova, from the years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924 -- and in the process, sheds new light on a crucial flash point in the histories both of modern ballet and of Russia itself."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Maria and Meliton
• Georgi
• Theater School: boys
• Lidochka
• Theater School: girls
• 1917
• Theater School: the hungry years
• The NEP economy
• The Young ballet
• The last year, summer to summer
• Death and life.

Author/Creator:

Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Balanchine and the lost muse: revolution & the making of a choreographer [by Kendall, E.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Balanchine and the lost muse [by Kendall, E.] (Oxford : University Press, [2013] — ISBN 9780199959341; LCCN 2012042482; OCLC Number 819136189)

Subjects:

Balanchine, George

Ivanova, Lidiia, -1924

Choreographers — United States — Biography

Choreographers

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GV1785.B32 K46 2013eb

ISBNs:

9780199959358
0199959358
9780199959341 [Invalid]
019995934X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

843881817

Other Control Numbers:

EBC3055292 (source: MiAaPQ)