Книга "Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today" рассказывает о знаменитом российском балетном театре Большой, начиная с его создания в 1776 году и до наших дней. Автор, известный музыковед Саймон Моррисон, используя эксклюзивный доступ к государственным архивам и частным источникам, рассказывает о политических связях театра с различными режимами в России и о создании лучших балетов в его репертуаре.
Книга описывает, как театр стал гордостью Российской империи после победы над Наполеоном в 1812 году и как он пережил революцию и создание Советского Союза. В январе 2013 года, на артистического директора Большого балета Сергея Филина было совершено
Simon Morrison's "Bolshoi Confidential" provides insights into the high art and the politics of the Russia's premier classical ballet institution, the Bolshoi Theater. Indulge in an enlightening journey through the secret history of this remarkable institution, dating back to the days of Catherine the Great and Catherine II. Bringing the story to life, user-friendly snapshots and fascinating characters provide invaluable historical context to an international audience.
Through extremely private, unfettered sources and exclusive access to official archives, the author unravels how influential figures such as the terrorists, historical parties, and time have impacted the evolution and progression of ballet and Russian culture themselves.
Learn about the legendary grands masters, demigods of dance, and beautiful phantoms real and imagined who emerged from this unique cultural laboratory the foundation of which is the Bolshoi. With the information contained within these pages, you will likely emerge a more knowledgeable and discriminating viewer of ballet.
Электронная Книга «Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today» написана автором Simon Morrison в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007576623
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On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia’s most illustrious institutions into scandal.Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russia’s lengthy artistic legacy and to mirror its neo-imperial ambitions. As renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows in his tour-de-force account, the attack, and its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, and to the world.With exclusive access to state archives and private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the ballet, tracing the political ties that bind the institution to the varying Russian regimes, and detailing the birth of some of the best-loved ballets in the repertoire. From its disreputable beginnings in 1776, the Bolshoi became a point of pride for the tsarist empire after the defeat of Napoleon in 1812.After the revolution, Moscow was transformed into a global capital; meetings of the Communist Party were hosted at the Bolshoi, and the Soviet Union was signed into existence on its stage. Recently, a £450 million restoration has returned the Bolshoi to its former glory, even as prized talent has departed.The Theatre has been bombed, rigged with explosives and reinforced with cement. Its dancers have suffered unimaginable physical torment to climb the ranks. But, as Morrison reveals, the Bolshoi has transcended its own fraught history, surviving 250 years of artistic and political upheaval to define not only Russian culture but also ballet itself.
