| Description |
1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Series |
Oxford Studies in Dance Theory Ser |
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Oxford Studies in Dance Theory Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- One Dead at the Paris Opera Ballet -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Veil, Flower, and Dagger: Gender, Ecology, and Orientalism in La Source -- 2. The Natural History and Cultural History of La Source, 1866 -- 3. La Source after Suez, 1875 -- 4. Not the Arab Spring: La Source, 2011 -- 5. Resources: La Source, 2014 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Based on research in the archives of the Paris Opera, One Dead at the Paris Opera Ballet illustrates the full and complex history of performances of the ballet The Source, contextualized by political events, colonial and post-colonial narratives, and staging theories of heredity and hybridity |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Opéra de Paris. Ballet -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Opéra de Paris. Ballet. fast (OCoLC)fst00528555 |
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Source (Choreographic work : Saint-Léon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97823043
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Source (Choreographic work : Bart after Saint-Léon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020007115
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Source (Choreographic work : Saint-Léon) fast (OCoLC)fst01793109 |
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Ballet -- Social aspects -- France -- History
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Ballet -- Political aspects -- France
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Orientalism in dance -- France -- History
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Ballet -- Social aspects.
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Orientalism in dance.
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France.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190061845 |
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0190061847 |
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