Theories of Ballet in the Age of the Encyclopédie

by Olivia Sabee

In Enlightenment Europe, a new form of pantomime ballet emerged, through the dual channels of theorization in print and experimentation onstage. Emphasizing eighteenth-century ballet's construction through print culture, Theories of Ballet in the Age of the Encyclop die follows two parallel paths--standalone treatises on ballet and dance and encyclopedias--to examine the shifting definition of ballet over the second half of the eighteenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800859902
• ISBN13: 9781800859906
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"