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Vaganova: A Dance Journey from Petersburg to Leningrad |
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Published: 2005-06-30 |
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 A wonderfully evocative historical biography
What a great book! As a dance enthusiast, I was excited to read about this remarkable woman in this translation of a biograpgy written by the Russian ballet critic and historian Vera Krasovskaya. Agrippina Vaganova was one of the most important dance teachers of the 20th century and was almost single-handedly responsible for preserving the Russian classical ballet tradition during the Soviet years. Her book, "Basic Priniples of Classical Ballet" is still a sourcebook for classical dance training. This is not an academic biography, but an intimate account of Vagananova's childhood in imperial russia, her time as a dancer in the imperial ballet theater (precursor to today's famous Maryinsky Ballet), and her evolution into the famous ballet teacher of many of the Russian star ballerinas of the Soviet Era. I really enjoyed the detailed accounts of the ballets, some famous, some now lost that were performed in russia during the twentieth century. I would recommend it for all ballet enthusiasts and professionals, and lovers of russian culture.
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