Title: Stravinsky dances : re-visions across a century /
Authors: Jordan, Stephanie.
Publisher: Dance Books,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Stravinsky, Igor, Criticism and interpretation.; Stravinsky, Igor,; Balanchine, George Criticism and interpretation.; Ashton, Frederick, Criticism and interpretation.; Music and dance.; Ballets History and criticism.
Abstract: "Stephanie Jordan's survey and close examination of a range of Stravinsky dances - some familiar, some lesser-known - sheds new, unexpected light upon a composer central to Western artistic tradition and increasingly important to an emerging world culture." "This book is essential reading for scholars and students in the fields of dance, music and interdisciplinary studies, and will be invaluable to a broader audience of music and dance practitioners and enthusiasts."--Jacket.
Contents: The composer's perspective -- From Stravinsky to choreography: musique dansante and a century of dance -- George Balanchine's Stravinsky: collaboration as challenge -- Frederick Ashton: unlikely Stravinsky choreographer? -- Les Noces: one score, many weddings -- Le Sacre du printemps: icon of a century.