The boy from Kyiv : Alexei Ratmansky's life in ballet /

The boy from Kyiv : Alexei Ratmansky's life in ballet /

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Author / Creator:	Harss, Marina, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. ©2023
Description:	viii, 482 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ratmanskiĭ, Alekseĭ, -- 1968- Ratmanskiĭ, Alekseĭ, -- 1968- American Ballet Theatre. Choreographers -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Ballet dancers -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Families -- Ukraine. Ballet dancers Choreographers Families Soviet Union Ukraine Biographies Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13351713

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Other authors / contributors:	American Ballet Theatre.
ISBN:	9780374102616 0374102619
Notes:	Chronology of works by Alexei Ratmansky on page 413. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"A critical biography of Alexei Ratmansky-the most significant international classical choreographer of our day-written with his full cooperation and the support of American Ballet Theatre, the company of which he is resident choreographer"-- Alexei Ratmansky may be the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time; he is transforming ballet for the twenty-first century with breathtakingly original works for the world's most revered companies. He has fashioned a singular approach to balletic storytelling that bridges the space between narrative and abstraction and heightens ambiguity and surprise on the stage, while also restoring great centuries-old ballets to their former glory, combining archival research with his own choreographic genius to retrieve detail and color once lost to the ages. Before Ratmansky found success he was just a boy from Kyiv, sneaking into the ballet at night, concocting his own juvenile adaptations of novels and stories, and dreaming up new possibilities for bodies in motion. In this critical biography, Harss takes us behind the curtain for a mesmerizing study of creativity in action, and a testament to ballet's enduring vitality. -- adapted from jacket

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Call Number:	GV1785.R3H37 2023
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