LAURA JACOBS ("The Wall Street Journal") on "Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet" by Jennifer Homans
"divine harmony and order—a web of rational and mathematical relations that demonstrated the natural laws of the universe and the mystical power of God." Here were the theoretical foundations of ballet, which needed only to be codified into a technique—"the length, duration, measure, and geometry of a step"—and would then "elevate man . . . and bring him closer to the angels and God."
Геометрия. Гармония
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American ballet in the 20th century—the very century we're still in the process of assessing
Если танец XIX века уже освоен...
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first American ballet, "Serenade," was also the first ballet to use both third-person and first-person forms.
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