The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov: Choreographer of the Nutcracker and Swan Lake

by Roland John Wiley

This is the first book-length study in any language about this Russian artist--Marius Petipa's colleague and Tchaikovsky's collaborator--who is widely celebrated and yet virtually unknown. It follows Ivanov from his infancy in a St Petersburg foundling home through to his career as a dancer,
r?gisseur, and choreographer in the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet. Ivanov's artistic world is described, as is his legacy-- some dozen works, including Swan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198165676
• ISBN13: 9780198165675
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"