{"product_id":"the-routledge-introduction-to-ballet-its-culture-and-issues-9780367434762","title":"The Routledge Introduction to Ballet, Its Culture and Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs an introduction to ballet's history, culture, and meanings, this book draws on the latest ballet scholarship to describe the trajectory of a dance form that has risen to global ubiquity and benefited from many diverse influences along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized around themes, the book explains how the manners, style, and hierarchies of ballet became such a strong part of its DNA. It addresses the origins of ballet's aristocratic vocabulary and the ways in which it may be interpreted now, incorporating meanings that range from the aesthetic to the spiritual and the political. \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Introduction to Ballet, its Culture and Issues \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how dancers and audiences have experienced ballet, how popular films have represented it, and who has been excluded and how that could change. The chapters highlight the people, institutions, and works that helped to establish ballet's reputation, while also uncovering lesser-known influences and new ways of interpreting ballet. Lists of research resources--further readings, documentary films, and dance feature films--offer starting points for further avenues of learning. This book's central premise is that all dance reflects the culture in which it develops and is capable of embodying and disseminating new ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive introduction for anyone drawn to ballet or seeking to understand it, and those looking to develop a thorough understanding of how ballet developed, the cultures that formed it, and what it can mean for today's audiences, artists, and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNutcracker Nation \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003eBallet Matters \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWhen Men Dance: Choreographing Masculinities across Borders\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). A professor at the University of California, Irvine, USA, she is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eDance Major Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, https: \/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/dmj. Formerly a performer and journalist, Fisher wrote about dance for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e for many years and has published scholarly articles on topics that include ballet and whiteness, interviewing skills, ballet and gender, the dangers of \"so-called\" lyrical dance, and Anna Pavlova and the Swan Brand. She is also a ballet coroner whose most recent inquests into the death of Giselle were held at the San Francisco Ballet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213147504914,"sku":"9780367434762","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c4482d4-88c3-4f34-8c9d-334a82e64164.jpg?v=1745360647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-routledge-introduction-to-ballet-its-culture-and-issues-9780367434762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}