Dancing in the Vortex : The Story of Ida Rubinstein

Name: Dancing in the Vortex
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
SKU: 9789057550874
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9789057550874

by Vicki Woolf

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Format Hardback

Book Series Choreography and Dance Studies Series

ISBN-10 9057550873

ISBN-13 9789057550874

Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc

Imprint Harwood Academic Publishers,The Netherlands

Country of Manufacture NL

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 7th, 2001

Print length 202 Pages

Weight 530 grams

Product Classification: Ballet Ballet Biography: arts & entertainment Biography: arts and entertainment

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Vicki Woolf gives us a long-awaited insight into the life of Ida Rubinstein and illuminates an especially fascinating chapter of artistic activity in Paris in the early twentieth century.

Paris at the turn of the century - Art Nouveau, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Folies Bergere. This was the atmosphere which nurtured the artistic development of the remarkable dancer and choreographer Ida Rubinstein.This long-awaited biography gives us a unique insight into the life of a remarkable woman, responsible for a fascinating chapter of our artistic heritage. She was a chameleon, a diva, who lived many lives, overcoming the anti-Semitism of her times to enchant and captivate the highest of societies.<br>Untrained as a dancer, Ida Rubinstein''s charisma attracted collaborators such as Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Cocteau, Bakst, and Benois.

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