Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange
- Author: Searcy, Anne
Supported by an exacting scholarly apparatus, this is a valuable resource for those interested in dance, choreography, and the history of performance and the arts and diplomacy. Bravissima! Summing... — More…
Book
$47.00Special import
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction
- 1. A Cold War Welcome: The Bolshoi Ballet's 1959 Tour of the United States
- 2. Bringing an American Report Card to Russia: American Ballet Theatre's 1960 Tour of the Soviet Union
- 3. A Question of Taste: The Bolshoi Ballet's 1962 Tour of the United States
- 4. Ballet is a Flower!: New York City Ballet's 1962 Tour of the Soviet Union
- Epilogue: Exchange in the Twenty-first Century
- Note on Abbreviations
- Endnotes
- Index