| #2145198 in eBooks | 2008-12-09 | 2008-12-09 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Most vivid accounts of legendary dancers in the Imperial Ballet era|By Ivy Lin|Ballet's Magic Kingdom is definitely one of the few dance critic volumes that is a must-read for balletomanes (the others are Arlene Croce's great series of books and Edwin Denby's collected writings). Volynsky was a Jewish writer in St. Petersburg during the last years of the Imperial Ballet era. He||
"An exhilarating gathering of writings by a profoundly influential critic, and a striking, startling contribution to the historical record."—Simon Morrison, Princeton University
Akim Volynsky was a Russian literary critic, journalist, and art historian who became Saint Petersburg’s liveliest and most prolific ballet critic in the early part of the twentieth century. This book, the first English edition of his provocative and influential writings, provides a striking look at life inside the world of Russian ballet at a crucial era in its history.
Stanley J. Rabinowitz selects and translates forty of Volynsky’s articles—...
You easily download any file type for your device.Ballet's Magic Kingdom: Selected Writings on Dance in Russia, 1911-1925 | Akim Volynsky. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
