{"product_id":"balanchine-lost-muse-c-hardcover","title":"Balanchine \u0026 Lost Muse C - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKendall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's \u003cem\u003eBalanchine \u0026amp; the Lost Muse\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on a crucial flash point in the history of ballet. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Kendall weaves a fascinating tale about this decisive period in the life of the man who would become the most influential choreographer in modern ballet. Abandoned by his mother at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet Academy in 1913 at the age of nine, Balanchine spent his formative years studying dance in Russia's tumultuous capital city. It was there, as he struggled to support himself while studying and performing, that Balanchine met Ivanova. A talented and bold dancer who grew close to the Bolshevik elite in her adolescent years, Ivanova was a source of great inspiration to Balanchine--both during their youth together, and later in his life, after her mysterious death just days\u003cbr\u003ebefore they had planned to leave Russia together in 1924. Kendall shows that although Balanchine would have a great number of muses, many of them lovers, the dark beauty of his dear friend Lidochka would inspire much of his work for years to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart biography and part cultural history, \u003cem\u003eBalanchine \u0026amp; the Lost Muse\u003c\/em\u003e presents a sweeping account of the heyday of modern ballet and the culture behind the unmoored ideals, futuristic visions, and human decadence that characterized the Russian Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Kendall is author of \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e (Pantheon 2008); \u003cem\u003eAmerican Daughter \u003c\/em\u003e(Random House 2000); T\u003cem\u003ehe Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s \u003c\/em\u003e(Knopf 1990); and \u003cem\u003eWhere She Danced \u003c\/em\u003e(Knopf 1979). She is a tenured associate professor of Literary Studies at The New School. She has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBallet News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDance Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53042214797619,"sku":"9780199959341","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3VXwjXpqXF9780199959341.webp?v=1770836445","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/balanchine-lost-muse-c-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}