{"product_id":"finding-balanchines-lost-ballets-elizabeth-kattner-9780813066646","title":"Finding Balanchine's Lost Ballets: Exploring the Early Choreography of a Master","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since George Balanchine arrived on the American dance scene in 1933, his revolutionary, fleet-footed repertoire has been immortalized in the ballet canon. Yet most of the works he created in Russia as a budding choreographer have been lost to history--until now. In the first book to focus exclusively on Balanchine's Russian ballets, Elizabeth Kattner offers new insights into the artistic evolution of a legend through her reconstruction of his first group ballet, \u003ci\u003eFuneral March.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a decade of research conducted in archives in the United States and Europe, Kattner synthesizes textual descriptions, photographs, musical scores, and the comparative study of other early Balanchine ballets in order to re-create this forgotten work. By interpreting and building upon these historical findings in the studio and in performance, this project enables dance history to be experienced kinesthetically. Addressing the controversy surrounding whether unrecorded dances should be reconstructed in the first place, Kattner meticulously describes her research methodologies, providing a valuable resource for other scholars seeking to revive history in this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Balanchine's Lost Ballets\u003c\/i\u003e enriches our understanding of Balanchine's development as a choreographer through its ambitious, original approach to the subject. Kattner argues for the importance of dance reconstruction, when correctly approached, as a tool for reimagining the past and charting the future possibilities of dance history research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Kattner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813066646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813066646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021","brand":"Elizabeth Kattner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452531687679,"sku":"9780813066646","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c25fc0bc-6754-4b7b-9dd3-0968fa21d0e6.jpg?v=1761928981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-balanchines-lost-ballets-elizabeth-kattner-9780813066646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}