The Ballets Of Maurice Ravel: Creation And Interpretation

Choreographic developments and the Ballets Ida Rubinstein -- The Parisian premiere and its critical interpretation -- Revised Rubinstein productions -- The classical choreographic reading of Ashton -- Epilogue: the romantic reading of Balanchine, via Massine -- 6 Neoclassical divertissements: Le Tombeau de Couperin and 'Fanfare' from L'Eventail de Jeanne -- Music and evolution of Le Tombeau -- Balletic design and dance -- The Ballets Su?ois premiere and its critical reception -- Balanchine's geometric reading -- Postscript: L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan) and Ravel's 'Fanfare' -- 7 Spain, machines and sexuality: Bol?o -- Genesis and evolution -- Ravel's aesthetic and compositional approach -- Musical essence: construction/destruction -- The premiere and further Rubinstein performances (Spanishness) -- The Leyritz/Lifar wartime production (machines) -- B?art and beyond (gender and sexuality) -- 8 'Danse g??ale': Ravel's ?vre as ballet -- Motivations and collaborative relations -- Balletic relations in and across productions of works -- Additional Ravel ballet repertory -- Ravel ballet productions: highlights of time and place -- The challenge of endings: no perfect cadence -- Appendix Overviewing the feast: selected productions of Ravel's ballets -- Select bibliography -- Index

• • Author: Deborah Mawer
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Mar 31, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 332 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 113826413X
• • ISBN-13: 9781138264137