Description
Book SynopsisBrings back into print two classic works that offer rare insights into the golden age of Russian ballet. The first,
Ballet Russe, takes readers into the last three decades of the Imperial Ballet before the 1917 Russian Revolution. The second,
Heritage of a Ballet Master, is a valuable testament to Nocolas Legat's classroom pedagogy.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Ballet Russe: Memoirs of Nicolas LegatForeword
- 1. Whence Came the 'Russian School'?
- 2. The Men Who Made the Russian School
- 3. The Making of a Dancer and Ballet Master
- 4. Theatrical Memoirs
- 5. The Class of Perfection
- Appendix 1. Anna Pavlova: A Tribute
- Appendix 2. List of Ballets in Which Nicolas Legat Appeared
- Appendix 3. List of Ballets Produced by Nicolas Legat
- Heritage of a Ballet Master: Nicolas Legat
- Foreword
- Part I. Nicolas Legat: 1869–1937
- A Remembrance of Nicolas Legat
- A Biographical Sketch
- A Sentimental Poem
- Legat's Genius: Tributes from Leading Dancers and Pupils
- Part II. Seven Classes by Nicolas Legat
- Introduction to the Classes
- Four Classes Written by Nicolas Legat for André Eglevsky
- Class Remembered by Alan Carter
- Class Remembered by Barbara Gregory
- Class Remembered by Cleo Nordi
- Part III. Appendixes
- Appendix 1. The Secret of the Pirouette
- Appendix 2. Class Music
