{"product_id":"la-nijinska-choreographer-of-the-modern-hardcover","title":"La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynn Garafola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Nijinska\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvershadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of twentieth-century neoclassicism, she experienced the transformative power of the Russian Revolution and created her greatest work - \u003cem\u003eLes Noces\u003c\/em\u003e - under the influence of its avant-garde. Many of her ballets rested on the probing of gender boundaries, a mistrust of conventional gender roles, and the heightening of the ballerina's technical and artistic prowess. A prominent member of Russia Abroad, she worked with leading figures of twentieth-century art, music, and ballet, including Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Poulenc, Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Frederick Ashton, Alicia Markova, and Maria Tallchief. She was also a remarkable dancer in her own right with a bravura technique and powerful stage presence that enabled her to perform an unusually broad repertory. Finally, she was the author of an acclaimed volume of memoirs in addition to a\u003cbr\u003emajor treatise on movement. Nijinska's career sheds new light on the modern history of ballet and of modernism more generally, recuperating the memory of lost works and forgotten artists, many of them women. But it also reveals the sexism pervasive in the upper echelons of the early and mid-twentieth-century ballet world, barriers that women choreographers still confront.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Garafola\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emerita of Dance at Barnard College, Columbia University. A dance historian and critic, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eDiaghilev's Ballets Russes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLegacies of Twentieth-Century Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Diaries of Marius Petipa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAndré Levinson on Dance\u003c\/em\u003e (with Joan Acocella), \u003cem\u003e José Limón: An Unfinished Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ballets Russes and Its World\u003c\/em\u003e. She has curated several exhibitions, including \u003cem\u003eDance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Story: Jerome Robbins and His World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiaghilev's Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and Its Aftermath\u003c\/em\u003e, and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eArthur Mitchell: Harlem's Ballet Trailblazer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 696\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49129371173016,"sku":"9780197603901","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/MnUrR1BVejhMbGJSd0NobCtoMG5qQT09.webp?v=1779205966","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/la-nijinska-choreographer-of-the-modern-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}