The ballet lovers companion

Аннотация

Ballet may be venerable, but it isn’t a museum art form. In the twenty- first century it has found a fresh lease of life, with excitement generated by new works and new choreographers. There’s another chapter to add to the existing story of ballet’s roots in sixteenth-century European courts, its development on the gaslit stages o f the Romantic era, its reflections of the grandeur of Imperial Russia, and the adventures of the twentieth century. By the end o f that century, there were fears of ballet’s decline: a generation of major choreographers had died, leaving its future uncer­tain. Since then, however, there’s been a burst o f energy, with the emergence of leading names such as Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, and even newer names such as Justin Peck and Liam Scarlett. Ballet is busy again.