The Grotesque Dancer on the Eighteenth-Century Stage: Gennaro Magri and His World

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Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the style known as "grotesque"--a virtuoso style that combined French ballet technique with a vigorous athleticism that made Italian dancers in demand all over Europe. Gennaro Magri's Trattato teorico-prattico di ballo, the only work from the eighteenth century that explains the practices of midcentury Italian theatrical dancing, is a starting point for investigating this...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0299203549

ISBN13:9780299203542

Release Date:March 2005

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 9.0"

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts

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