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Ballet across borders : career and culture in the world of dancers

Paperback • 1998 • English

Ballet across borders : career and culture in the world of dancers

By Helena Wulff

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About the book

This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie, sexual politics, intimacies, pressures and, not least of all, its magic. Ballet companies have endeavoured to hide what is going on backstage lest the reality of highly strung nerves, constant fatigue and pain from injuries tarnish the illusion of ethereal figures and seemingly weightless steps in polished performances. But the audience's perceptions of fairy-tale worlds ons...Show more

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ISBN

9781859739983

Publisher

Oxford : Berg

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Ballet across borders : career and culture in the world of dancers

Format

Paperback

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