Last Dance Of The Vestris

Author : Clint Olivier
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781475223125
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Dance of the Vestris written by Clint Olivier and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten no more. One of the biggest mysteries of 20th century shipping is solved at last. In November 1928, more than a hundred passengers were looking forward to a pleasant voyage from New York City to South America when the overloaded and leaky Vestris steamed into a massive storm. On the second night out, two giant waves pounded the liner and inflicted a wound from which she would never recover. Within hours, the Vestris was on her way to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving behind a debris field teeming with heroes, cowards, the living and the dead. News of the disaster occupied front pages for weeks, but in the ensuing decades, the Vestris and her passengers were forgotten by history. Having taken place a year before the Crash of 1929 and a decade before the Second World War, The sinking was overshadowed by much larger news events and ignored by historians - until now. Written in the spirit of Walter Lord's classic "A Night to Remember," "Last Dance of the Vestris" is the gripping true story of the fateful last voyage of a once-grand British liner and the harrowing experiences of the men, women and children who struggled to survive her sinking.

Author : Memoris and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of Europe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE LAST ADIEU OF LOUIS XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE written by Memoris and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of Europe and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605982946
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by The Washington Post: the newly discovered last novel by the author of The Three Musketeers. Rousing, big, spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, its hero gloriously indomitable, the last novel of Alexandre Dumas—lost for 125 years in the archives of the National Library in Paris—completes the oeuvre that Dumas imagined at the outset of his literary career. Indeed, the story of France from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, as Dumas vibrantly retold it in his numerous enormously popular novels, has long been absent one vital, richly historical era: the Age of Napoleon. But no longer. Now, dynamically, in a tale of family honor and undying vengeance, of high adventure and heroic derring-do, The Last Cavalier fills that gap.

Author : Karen Eliot
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252032500
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing Lives written by Karen Eliot and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The private and performance lives of five female dancers in Western dance history

Author : Sandra Noll Hammond
Publisher : Pendragon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945193326
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Extraordinary Dance Book T B. 1826 written by Sandra Noll Hammond and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This facsimile edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript reveals a beautiful workbook of impeccable penmanship by an early nineteenth-century dancing master. The title page reads Dance Book T B. 1826.Included among the more than thirty ballroom and theater dances are examples of the shauntreuse, allemande, hornpipe, quadrille, and waltz. There are also rare dances with descriptive titles such as Pas Seul, Pas Deux, Pas Trois d'Eggville, Russian Dance, Vestris Gavotte, and Cossack Dance. The importance of the manuscript to both musicians and dancers cannot be overestimated . It includes the earliest known full-length choreographed waltz for two that, through its intricate arm positions, shows the influence of the eighteenth-century contredanse allemande. Photographed in New Zealand by John Casey. The published volume unfortunately contains some miscropped images; a corrigenda leaflet can be downloaded a href="https: //boydellandbrewer.com/media/wysiwyg/431corrigenda.pdf">here/a

Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772472X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Pantomime written by Jeffrey Richards and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century. It remains as true today as it was in the 1830s, that a visit to the pantomime constitutes the first theatrical experience of most children and now, as then, a successful pantomime season is the key to the financial health of most theatres. Everyone went to the pantomime, from Queen Victoria and the royal family to the humblest of her subjects. It appealed equally to West End and East End, to London and the provinces, to both sexes and all ages. Many Victorian luminaries were devotees of the pantomime, notably among them John Ruskin, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll and W.E. Gladstone. In this vivid and evocative account of the Victorian pantomime, Jeffrey Richards examines the potent combination of slapstick, spectacle and subversion that ensured the enduring popularity of the form. The secret of its success, he argues, was its continual evolution. It acted as an accurate cultural barometer of its times, directly reflecting current attitudes, beliefs and preoccupations, and it kept up a flow of instantly recognisable topical allusions to political rows, fashion fads, technological triumphs, wars and revolutions, and society scandals. Richards assesses throughout the contribution of writers, producers, designers and stars to the success of the pantomime in its golden age. This book is a treat as rich and appetizing as turkey, mince pies and plum pudding.

Author : Rachel Bryant Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350027197
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Epic Burlesques written by Rachel Bryant Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy by Robert Brough (1858) and Ulysses; or the Ironclad Warriors and the Little Tug of War by F.C. Burnand (1865). Beloved legend, archaeological riddle and educational staple: Homer's epic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath were vividly reimagined in nineteenth-century Britain. Classical burlesques-exceptionally successful theatrical entertainments-continually mined the Iliad and Odyssey to lucrative comic effect. Burlesques combined song, dance and slapstick comedy with an eclectic kaleidoscope of topical allusions. From namedropping boxing legends to recasting Shakespearean combats, epic adaptations overflow with satirical commentary on politics, cultural highlights and everyday current affairs. In uncovering Homer's irreverently playful afterlife, this selection showcases burlesque's development and wide appeal. The critical introduction analyses how these plays contested the accessibility of classical antiquity and dramatic performance. Textual and literary annotations, with contemporary illustrations, illuminate the juxtaposed sources to establish these repackaged epics as indispensable tools for unlocking nineteenth-century social, cultural and political history. Resources for further study are available online.

Author : Lilly Grove
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473352495
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History Of Dance - Ballet written by Lilly Grove and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Ivor Guest
Publisher : Dance Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ballet Under Napoleon written by Ivor Guest and published by Dance Books Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the publication of this title, Dr Guest completes his massive survey of ballet in France from 1770 to 1870. This volume covers the period from 1793 to 1819, the time of such luminaries as Gardel, Milon, Vestris, Duport and Bigottini. The period has often been dismissed as an interlude of decadence before the flowering of the romantic ballet, but as Dr. Guest reveals in this account, it was in fact a period of great significance in the development of ballet as a major theatre art.

Author : Kalman A. Burnim
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809321230
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Bell, Patron of British Theatrical Portraiture written by Kalman A. Burnim and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this catalog, Kalman A. Burnim has selected more than 360 portraits from various editions of the John Bell publication Bell's Shakespeare (including John Barker's continuation of 1799-1800) and from Bell's British Theatre (including George Cawthorn's 1797 edition). Philip H. Highfill Jr. has furnished the introductory essay for the catalog. Most of these portraits are by James Roberts and Samuel De Wilde, who were among the leading painters of actors and actresses between 1770 and 1820. Richard Cosway, William Hamilton, Gilbert Stuart, and other painters also have work represented in the catalog. The engraved versions are by James Thornthwaite, William Leney, Philippe Audinet, and others. When possible, each entry is illustrated by a reproduction of the engraving or by an original picture. For each entry, Burnim provides details of publication, the provenance and related pictures, the locations of the originals, and commentary.