Grut, Marina
Royal Swedish Ballet

History from 1592 to 1962. Foreword by Bengt Häger.

In neun chronologischen Abschnitten stellt der reich illustrierte Band in englischer Sprache die Geschichte dieses bedeutenden Balletts sowie seiner Ballettmeister und Direktoren dar. Mit sieben Anhängen: 1. Opera personnel: Ballet Masters, Principal Dancers; 2. Summary information on ballets from 1638 to 1960 (table); 3. Ballet stories; 4. The Swedish connection of the Legat family; 5. Correspondence between Per Christian Johansson and August Bournonville; 6. Dansfrämjandet (The Swedish Dance Association or, literally, "The Dance Promotion") and Professor Bengt Häger; 7. Bibliography. - Sweden’s ballet has a fascinating and international history, having given the world a choreographer such as Charles Louis Didelot. Sweden was also the birthplace of Marie Taglioni. Remarkable dancers performed in Sweden, e.g. Filippo Taglioni, Antoine Bournonville, his son August Bournonville, Giovanna Bassi, Charles Louis Didelot, André Isidore Carey and Joséphine Sainte-Claire. Two people who were to influence the Russian ballet came via or from Sweden: Jean Baptiste Landé, and Per Christian Johansson. Memorable visits by Michel Fokine, Antony Tudor and Leonide Massine are dealt with in the book, as well as Skeaping’s directorship, and the Swedish choreographers Anders Selinder, Birgit Cullberg, Birgit Åkesson and Ivo Cramér and their ballets. The book contains many illustrations which have never been published before, a table with detailed information about ballet performances in Sweden from 1638 to 1960, and biographies of the ballet masters and theatre directors. XL,706 Seiten mit 69 Farb- und 260 s/w-Abb., Leinen (Carina Ari Library Publications; Band 6/Olms Verlag 2007)