{"product_id":"symbolism-in-nineteenth-century-ballet-giselle-coppelia-the-sleeping-beauty-and-swan-lake-9783034302678","title":"Symbolism in Nineteenth-Century Ballet:  Giselle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book investigates allegorical meaning in the ballets \u003ci\u003eGiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoppélia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwan Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, principally by examining their original librettos and costume designs, as well as considering their surviving choreographic legacy. Each ballet is examined scene by scene in order to identify occult symbols secreted within its structure. The names of characters, their costume details (form, colour, pattern and attribute) and the parts they play and dance (mime, choreographic step and staging) are individually searched for symbolic correspondences.\u003cbr\u003e The author argues that the meaning of these symbols reveals a serious subtext embedded within each ballet and shows that these subtexts are all found to fable the spiritual journey of the soul towards a heavenly paradise. The distinctive set of symbols and the method of interpretation differ in each case: \u003ci\u003eGiselle\u003c\/i\u003e takes on a Swedenborgian slant, \u003ci\u003eCoppélia\u003c\/i\u003e hinges on Masonry, while \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwan Lake\u003c\/i\u003e are steeped in mysticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Nineteenth-century Symbolism – The Romantic spirit world – \u003ci\u003eGiselle\u003c\/i\u003e as a Swedenborgian ballet – \u003ci\u003eCoppélia\u003c\/i\u003e as a Masonic ballet – \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e as a mystical fairytale ballet – \u003ci\u003eSwan Lake\u003c\/i\u003e as a Slavic supernatural ballet.","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043609182551,"sku":"9783034302678","price":49.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034302678.jpg?v=1750958862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/symbolism-in-nineteenth-century-ballet-giselle-coppelia-the-sleeping-beauty-and-swan-lake-9783034302678","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}