{"product_id":"the-ballet-lovers-companion-9780300154283","title":"The Ballet Lover's Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eA richly informed  up-to-date performance guide to more than 140 favorite ballets  from the classical era to the present day  This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets  a core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet to the edgy  muscular works of modern choreographers. She provides a wealth of facts and insights  including information familiar only to dance world insiders  and considers such recent works as Alexei Ramanskys Shostakovich Trilogy and Christopher Wheeldons The Winters Tale as well as older ballets once forgotten but now returned to the repertory  such as Sylvia. To enhance enjoyment of each ballet  Anderson also offers tips on what to look for during a performance.  Each chapter introduces a period of ballet history and provides an overview of innovations and advancement in the art form. In the individual entries that follow  Anderson includes essential facts about each ballets themes  plot  composers  choreographers  dance style  and music. The author also addresses the circumstances of each ballets creation and its effect in the theater  and she recounts anecdotes that illuminate performance history and reception.  Reliable  accessible  and fully up to date  this book will delight anyone who attends the ballet  participates in ballet  or simply loves ballet and wants to know much more about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648248864821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300154283","price":35.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300154283.jpg?v=1781713617","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ballet-lovers-companion-9780300154283","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}