McLean, Adrienne L.

Dying swans and madmen : ballet, the body, and narrative cinema / Adrienne L. McLean. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008. - 304 p. : ill.

Introduction : ballet in tin cans -- A channel for progress : theatrical dance, popular culture, and (the) American Ballet -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 1, the life of a ballerina is indeed tough -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 2, the man was mad--but a genius! -- If you can disregard the plot : the red shoes in an American context -- The second act will be quite different : cinema, culture, and ballet in the 1950s -- Turning points : -- Ballet and its bodies in the "post-studio" era. HKBU library

YT2025 M08

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Ballet in motion pictures, television, etc.

GV1779 / M478 2008