Foster, Susan Leigh.

Choreography & narrative : ballet's staging of story and desire / Choreography and narrative Susan Leigh Foster. - 1st pbk. ed. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-361) and index.

Introduction -- Pygmalion's No-Body and the Body of Dance -- 1 -- Originary Gestures -- Interlude -- 2 -- Staging the Canvas and the Machine -- Interlude -- 3 -- Narrating Passion and Prowess -- Interlude -- 4 -- Governing the Body -- Interlude -- 5 -- Fugitive Desires -- Interlude -- Conclusion -- Ballet's Bodies and the Body of Narrative


Text in English; appendix in French.

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Ballet--History--France--18th century.
Ballet--History--France--19th century.
Choreography--History--France--18th century.
Choreography--History--France--19th century.
PERFORMING ARTS--Dance--Modern.
PERFORMING ARTS--Dance--Classical & Ballet.
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