| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations |
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text file |
| Summary |
This book tells the recent history of this theater's role as a powerhouse of contemporary dance. Featuring lavish photographs and including text by Sadler's Wells artistic director Alistair Spalding, it offers a unique behind-the-scenes insight into the creation of some of the world's most exciting and critically acclaimed new dance. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 127) and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Half-title page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 A New Beginning; 2 Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and the Creation of Zero Degrees; 3 Sylvie Guillem and the Arrival of Star Power; 4 Sadler'S Wells and the World; 5 Matthew Bourne and Welcoming an Audience; 6 Wayne Mcgregor and the Science of Dance; 7 Breakin' Convention and the Growth of Hip Hop; 8 Christopher Wheeldon and the Balletic Tradition; 9 In the Spirit of Diaghilev and How to Commission New Work; 10 Hofesh Shechter and the Future; References; Photographer Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sadler's Wells Ballet.
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Sadler's Wells Ballet. |
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Ballet companies -- England -- London -- History.
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Ballet companies. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crompton, Sarah. Sadler's Wells dance house. London : Oberon Books, 2013 1849430624 9781849430623 |
| ISBN |
1849435111 (electronic book) |
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9781849435116 (electronic book) |
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1849430624 (paperback) |
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9781849430623 (paperback) |
| Music No. |
EB00774246 Recorded Books |
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