PARIS MODERN THE SWEDISH BALLET 1920 - 1925.

Author: Van Norman Baer, Nancy
Country: Seattle
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 167
Illustrations: 76 Color Illustrations. 79 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 12”x 9”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 884010813
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Index.
Code: 6489

Price: $19.50

Along with cutting-edge art, literature, and jazz music of 1920s Paris, there was also experimental new dance, exemplified by the Ballets Suedois, the "Swedish Ballet." Choreographed almost entirely by Jean Börlin but visualized by 32 painters from 11 nationalities, it boasted costumes and backdrops from the likes of Fernand Léger, Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (GAN), Nils Dardel, and Gerald Murphy, with music by Erik Satie and even Cole Porter, in 23 ballets produced during the company's brief, brilliant existence. Illustrated with 78 archival photos and sketches and 67 color reproductions of posters and production paintings, this catalog is as much an art book as it is a dance history, with works seldom seen in over 80 years.