Displaying 1 of 1 1984 Format: Book Author: Smakov, Gennady. Title: The great Russian dancers / Gennady Smakov. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Knopf, 1984. Description: xviii, 342 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm Summary: "A century of classical ballet danced by 33 stellar exponents of Russian style, from the days of Petipa and Pavlova to the era of Baryshnikov, Makarova, and Nureyev"--Jacket. Subjects: Ballet dancers -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336) and index. Contents: Ballerinas: The lyrical ballerinas: Anna Pavlova ; Lubov Egorova ; Galina Ulanova ; Natalina Makarova -- The great virtuosos: Matlida Kschessinskaya ; Olga Preobrajenskaya ; Natalia Dudinskaya -- The uniquely Russian stylists: Ekaterina Geltzer ; Lidia Ivanova ; Marina Semyonova -- Les grandes tragédiennes: Sofia Fedorova ; Alla Shelest ; Maya Plisetskaya -- "The weeping spirits": Olga Spessivteva ; Natalia Bessmertnova -- The ideal soubrettes and ingenues: Vera Trefilova ; Irina Kolpakova ; Ekaterina Maximova -- The decorative ballerinas: Tamara Karsavina ; Alla Osipenko -- Danseurs: Dancers without category: Vaslav Nijinsky ; Rudolf Nureyev ; Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Danseurs nobles: Pavel Gerdt ; Vasily Tikhomirov ; Konstanin Sergeyev ; Nikita Dolgushin ; Yuri Soloviev -- The dancer as "Superman": Mikhail Mordkin ; Pierre Vladimiroff ; Alexei Yermolayev ; Vakhtang Chabukiani ; Vladimir Vasiliev. LCCN: 84047772 ISBN: 0394510747 9780394510743 Other Number: 10724553 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 37063 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 792.820922 Smakov Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
