The Making of a Choreographer: Ninette de Valois and Bar aux Folies-Bergère (Studies in Dance History)

by Beth Genne

Centering on Ninette de Valois's formative years as a choreographer and a shaper of British ballet, this book closely examines her 1934 ballet Bar aux Folies-Bergère, which was inspired by the famous Edouard Manet painting and created for Marie Rambert's comapny, then known as the Ballet Club.

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996