mnacenani Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) https://www.ilona-landgraf.com/2018/01/the-post-diaghilev-generation/ Many thanks to Ilona Landgraf for this heads up. By Michael Meylac, foreword by Ismene Brown, aft-word by John Neumeier. Edited January 6, 2018 by mnacenani Link to comment
Drew Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Absolutely--thank you, too, for bringing attention to it here. Book sounds fascinating. Link to comment
kfw Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Thanks, mnacenani. I'm struck by Anatoly Joukowsky's quote about Balanchine: “He ruined American ballet … He repudiated the spiritual side of dance. He only left the technique and abstract ideas. And just think what he had choreographed before.” Joukowsky is not a dancer I'd heard of before. There is more about him in the Google Books excerpt. It seems he's had a noteworthy post-dancing career, but I'm surprised he would make that statement in 1996. It's possible that, living on the West Coast, he just didn't see much of Balanchine's work in New York. We have plenty of West Coast posters here - I'd be interested in knowing more about Joukowsky. Link to comment
atm711 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 The Russians at that time did not like Balanchine---"they dance from the waist down" was their frequent comment. I would however buy the book just to read Danilova's take on Nicholas Legat's kidney transplant from a orangutan!! Link to comment
dirac Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Thanks for starting the topic, mnacenani, although I do feel the need to clear my throat and point out for the record that this link went up several days ago in our ever-helpful Links, where we regularly post Ms. Landgraf's invaluable articles. Looks like a great book. Link to comment
mnacenani Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 27 minutes ago, dirac said: this link went up several days ago in our ever-helpful Links, where we regularly post Ms. Landgraf's invaluable articles. Sorry for trespassing - no harm in extra publicity I hope Link to comment
dirac Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 3 hours ago, mnacenani said: Sorry for trespassing - no harm in extra publicity I hope No apology necessary, not trespassing at all, and the book absolutely deserves a thread of its own. We rarely have the time to post both a link and a new thread on the same link, so new topics are always welcome. Link to comment
canbelto Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I'm reading this book now. It's a very good collection of interviews. Some of the stuff Danilova says can be found in "Choura" and the baby ballerinas are interviewed extensively in the film "Ballet Russes" but there's still plenty of good stuff here. The hand-to-mouth existence the dancers' describe so matter of factly seems shocking today. Link to comment
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