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Author: Laura Katz Rizzo
Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781439911211
ISBN 10: 1439911215
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 15 February 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Dancing the Fairy Tale offers a new historical perspective on the development of the art of ballet and the pivotal roles women have played as performing artists, directors, and producers. Using The Sleeping Beauty as her vehicle, Laura Katz Rizzo debunks the prevailing historical narrative that ballet's evolution has been linear and dominated by male choreographers and directors, effectively arguing that the ballerina is an integral part of the creative process. Well written and extensively researched, Dancing the Fairy Tale will be a welcome addition to any balletomane's library and an excellent text for courses in dance criticism, dance history, and women's studies. -Rory Foster, Professor Emeritus at DePaul University and author of Ballet Pedagogy: The Art of Teaching Laura Katz Rizzo addresses omissions in the literature on ballet historiography by using the perpetuation of the 'canon' itself to critique the exclusion of the voices of women whose labor constructs the canon. Her consideration of the production and reception of The Sleeping Beauty in particular contexts provides the framework for tracing and retrieving unwritten stories. Dancing the Fairy Tale is a fascinating study in women's creative contribution to ballet production. -Jennifer Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Surrey
This book offers a new historical perspective on the development of the art of ballet in the world and specifically in the United States, and how women have played pivotal roles as performing artists, directors and producers. The author uses the ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, as her vehicle and proves that it is both a metaphor for ballet itself, and a powerful case study for examining ballet and its performance in the twenty-first century. She speaks truth to what is known by artists in the ballet profession but also what remains elusive to or ignored by many historians and critics. --Rory Foster
Author Information
Laura Katz Rizzo is Program Coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in Dance at Temple University, as well as a frequent guest speaker, choreographer, and pedagogue at universities and ballet companies across the United States.
