Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo /

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Author / Creator:Tennant, Victoria, 1950- author, editor.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Description:1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11239684
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Other authors / contributors:Baronova, Irina, author.
ISBN:9780226186306
022618630X
022618630X
9780226167169
022616716X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Drawing on letters, correspondence, oral histories, and interviews, Baronova's daughter, the actress Victoria Tennant ... recounts Baronova's dramatic life, from her earliest aspirations to her grueling time on tour to her later years in Australia as a pioneer of the art"--Dust jacket flap.
In the 1930s and '40s, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured the United States and the world, introducing many to ballet as an art form. One of ballet's most glamorous stars, Irina Baronova, was prima ballerina for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and later for Ballet Theatre in New York. Drawing on letters, correspondence, oral histories, and interviews, Tennant recounts her mother's dramatic life, from her earliest aspirations to her grueling time on tour to her later years in Australia as a pioneer of the art.
Other form:Print version: Tennant, Victoria, 1950- author, editor of compilation. Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo 9780226167169