History (Ballet)

History Sites:

The Pointe Shoe Information Exchange The Pointe Shoe Information Exchange: A directory devoted to reasearching antique and vintage pointe shoes. (History) http://www.the-perfect-pointe.com/PSIE.html The Ballet Russes The Ballet Russes: Exposition essay by Jenny Gorman and Chris Sippel (History) http://www.stanford.edu/~gfreidin/courses/147/ballet_russe.html Andros on Ballet Andros on Ballet: A collection of articles about ballet history and classical ballet technique. (History) http://androsdance.tripod.com Adolph Bolm Adolph Bolm: Official site on the Russian dancer (1884-1951) with biography, photographs and chronology of his career. (History) http://www.adolphbolm.com New York Public Library for the Performing Arts New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: This site for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts describes the library's collections; some resources are online. (History) http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html Balanchine Biography Balanchine Biography: An introduction to the modern master who created the world-renowned New York City Ballet, at the ballet company's website. (History) http://www.nycballet.com/about/nycbgbbio.html Dance out of Darkness Dance out of Darkness: An annotated bibliography of dance-related materials held in institutions in Sydney, Australia. (History) http://www.uws.edu.au/archives/dance/ Article: The Vaganova Academy Article: The Vaganova Academy: From foot to foot, The St. Petersburg Press. All about the Vaganova Academy (History) http://www.webcom.com/shownet/kirov/vaganova.html Classical Ballet - Past and Present Classical Ballet - Past and Present: Pamela Moberg presents her personal view of the history with articles, and book reviews. (History) http://m1.300.telia.com/~u30006326/ From Russia With Love: Costumes for the Ballet Russes 1909-1933 From Russia With Love: Costumes for the Ballet Russes 1909-1933: A costume exhibition from the Russian ballet, Ballet Russe: history, photographs, drawings and designs by artists and designers. (History) http://www.nga.gov.au/russia This Month in Dance History This Month in Dance History: Calendar of historical events compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein (History) http://www.artslynx.org/dance/danchron.htm Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet: An introduction to the Paris Opera Ballet, the institution where ballet was born; maintained by a fan, Estelle Souche, it provides links to history and some recent POB data. (History) http://www.cmi.univ-mrs.fr/~esouche/dance/POB.html American Ballet Theatre Repertory Archive American Ballet Theatre Repertory Archive: Information on hundreds of dances in ABT's repertoire, including dates of premieres, and who danced the lead roles; accessible by choreographer, composer, and name of ballet. (History) http://www.abt.org/library/archive/index.html Russian Classical Ballet Russian Classical Ballet: Its history, outstanding choreographers, ballet teachers, ballet dancers, musicians, ballet education. Includes photographs. (History) http://www.aha.ru/~vladmo/ Ballet Timeline Ballet Timeline: A timeline from BalletMet which is really three timelines; places ballet developments in both a cultural and political context from 1453 through 1983. (History) http://www.balletmet.org/EDUCATIO/TimeIndx.html