Research Catalog

Title

Ninette de Valois : adventurous traditionalist / edited by Richard Allen Cave and Libby Worth.

Publication

• Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, 2012.
• ©2012

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cave, Richard Allen
• Worth, Libby, 1955-
• Mason, Monica

Description

xvii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm +

Summary

"Ninette de Valois was gifted with myriad talents. It has required a wealth of writers, teachers, performers, colleagues, one-tme students and collaborators to come together ot engage with and celebrate the complexity of this remarkable woman. The titles of the sections into which the volume has been divided (Biography, Teaching, Wordsmith, Company, Turkey, Choreography, Collaborations, Herself) merely intimate the strength of her inner resources and the diversity of her public achievements, her vision for a company and for the potentials of dance as an art-form. Determing those strengths and that diversity is the objective of 'Ninette de Valois: Adventurous Traditionalist'. Writing alone cannot hope fully to capture the vitality of theatrical performance or the rigours of the training and rehearsal schedules that underpin its virtuosity and so the volume is accompanied by many previously unpublished photographs and a DVD, offering four hours of filmed material of archival value. This study offers a substantial resource to assist future exploration of de Valois' life and work. The essays pursue divergent approaches and encompass contrasting viewpoints; but it is without question that de Valois' unparalleled success derived from her unshaken faith that ballet in its training methods and its repertoire must be both fearlessly adventurous and confidently traditionalist"--Publisher's description, back cover.

Alternative Title

• Ninette de Valois, adventurous traditionalist
• Adventurous traditionalist

Subjects

• Ballerinas
• Women choreographers
• Choreographers
• De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
• Biographies
• Feature films
• Interviews
• Friendship
• Ballerinas > Great Britain > Biography
• Women choreographers > Great Britain > Biography
• Choreographers > Great Britain > Biography
• De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001 > Friends and associates > Interviews
• Great Britain
• Nonfiction films

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Feature films.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Includes "Foreword" by Monica Mason.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.

System Details (note)

• DVD

Contents

• Part 1: Biography. Introduction to David Bintley : filmed interview / Anna Meadmore (DVD track 1) ; From Bad Fairy to Gramophone Girl : Ninette de Valois' early career in English popular theatre / Jane Pritchard ; Ninette de Valois and Diaghilev / Clement Crisp ; Evolution not revolution : Ninette de Valois' philosophy of dance / Beth Genné ; Ninette de Valois, a woman of the theatre : a discussion led by Rupert Christiansen -- Part 2: Teaching. Developing a training style : Ninette de Valois and the cultural inheritance of the early twentieth century / Geraldine Morris ; Introduction to Valerie Adams teaching the de Valois syllabus / Meadmore (DVD track 2) ; De Valois as a teacher : a discussion led by Anna Meadmore ; The Abbey Theatre School of Ballet / Victoria O'Brien ; De Valois' invitaiton to Léonide Massine to teach dance compositon / Kate Flatt -- Part 3: Wordsmith. Fiercely alone : personality and impersonality in de Valois' poetry and work / Patricia Linton ; Four articles for 'The Old Vic magazine' and 'The Old Vic and Sadler's Wells magazine' / Ninette de Valois ; Writing across the footlights : Ninette de Valois and the Vic-Wells community / Elizabeth Schafer.
• (cont.) Part 4: Company. The Irish and the Italians : de Valois, the Cecchettis and the "other" ballet mime / Giannandrea Poesio ; Interviews with Ron Smedley and Simon Rice on the teaching of folk dance and national dance at The Royal Ballet School / Libby Worth (see also DVD track 3) ; De Valois and Lubanotation / Ann Hutchinson Guest ; De Valois' role in the development and dissemination of Benesh Movement Notation / Robert Penman and Victoria Watts ; Benesh Movement Notation and Labanotation : an overview / Victoria Watts (see also DVD track 4) ; Benevolence in ballet -- the philanthropic legacy of Dame Ninette / Clementine Cowl -- Part 5: Turkey. Ninette de Valois' Turkish adventure / Richard Glasstone ; Introduction to Levent Kurumlu's film 'Dancing Across the Bosphorus' / Anna Meadmore (DVD track 5).
• (cont.) Part 6: Choreography. Six essays contributed to the 'Dancing Times' in 1926 and in 1933 / Ninette de Valois ; Madam and the Betrayed Girls : the dancers' perspective : an introduction to the DVD recordings / Anna Meadmore (DVD tracks 7 and 8) ; Crafting a collaboration of 'talents' / Susie Crow and Jennifer Jackson -- Part 7: Collaborations. Ninette de Valois, the Bloomsbury Group, and the role of visual culture in the formation of the early Royal Ballet / Helena Hammond ; De Valois as colleague and collaborator : a discussion led by Gerald Dowler ; Ashton and De Valois / Alastair Macaulay ; Ninette de Valois and Kenneth MacMillan / Jann Parry ; Re-creating 'The King of the Great Clock Tower', Richard Allen Cave (see also DVD track 9) -- Part 8: Herself. Ninette de Valois : introduction to filmed interview with David Drew / Anna Meadmore (DVD track 10) -- Appendices. "Invitation to the Ballet : Ninette de Valois and the story of The Royal Ballet" / Cristina Franchi ; Ninette de Valois in the Royal Opera House Collections / Francesca Franchi ; Ninette de Valois in The Royal Ballet School Collections / Edward Small.

Call Number

*MGYB (De Valois) 20-1719

ISBN

• 9781852731571
• 1852731575

OCLC

793689926

Title

Ninette de Valois : adventurous traditionalist / edited by Richard Allen Cave and Libby Worth.

Publisher

Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, 2012.

Copyright Date

©2012

Type of Content

text

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

unmediated

video

Type of Carrier

volume

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD video

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.

System Details

DVD

Added Author

Cave, Richard Allen, editor.

Worth, Libby, 1955- editor.

Mason, Monica, writer of supplementary texual content.

Research Call Number

*MGYB (De Valois) 20-1719 [Text]

*MGZIDVD 5-8571 [DVD]