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Cyril W. Beaumont : bookseller, publisher, and writer on dance.

Title
Cyril W. Beaumont : bookseller, publisher, and writer on dance. Part one / Kathrine Sorley Walker.
Author
Walker, Kathrine Sorley.

Details

Found In
Dance chronicle. New York. v. 25, no. 1 (2002), p. 51-94. ill.
Subject
  • Beaumont, Cyril W., 1891-1976
  • Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
  • Richardson, P. J. S. 1875-
  • Leslie, Serge
  • Ballets russes
  • Beaumont Press
  • Cecchetti Society
  • Camargo Ballet Society
  • Dancing world
  • Dance journal
  • Ballet > History > England > 20th century
Note
  • Essay on the life and professional activities of Cyril Beaumont from 1910-1931. Topics include Beaumont's involvement with the Diaghilev Ballet; his friendship with Lydia Lopokova; the Beaumont Press's publications (contemporary poetry, books on the Diaghilev repertoire, Enrico Cecchetti's A manual of the theory and practice of classical theatrical dancing and Beaumont's translation of early dance treatises); the formation of the Cecchetti Society; writing for the periodicals The dancing world and The dance journal; the early attempts to develop British ballet, including the Camargo Society and Frederick Ashton. Writer P.J.S. Richardson and the amateur dancer and book enthusiast Serge Leslie are also briefly discussed.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, p. 90-94, most to Beaumont's writings.
Call Number
*MGZA
OCLC
NYPY03-B20
Author
Walker, Kathrine Sorley.
Title
Cyril W. Beaumont : bookseller, publisher, and writer on dance. Part one / Kathrine Sorley Walker.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, p. 90-94, most to Beaumont's writings.
Found In:
Dance chronicle. New York. v. 25, no. 1 (2002), p. 51-94. ill.
Research Call Number
*MGZA
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