20th Century Ballet Costumes
Félicie (Inspector Maigret)
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“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The GuardianA story of love and obsession featuring a most memorable femme fatale, starring the intrepid Inspector Maigret Peg Leg Lapie, a crusty old sailor, is found mysteriously murdered in a most incongruous setting: a picturesque cottage near Paris, where he lived attended only by his young housekeeper, Félicie. But Lapie was not alone—Maigret, chief inspector of the Paris police, is sure of it. A man at work in his garden, wearing clogs and a straw hat, does not suddenly drop his tools to go indoors and fetch a bottle of brandy to drink alone in the summerhouse. There must have been another glass that someone removed. But Félicie, in her red hat trimmed with an iridescent feather, proves a champion adversary, as skilled in innuendo and evasion as Maigret is in deduction.
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- Best Choice - #1 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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Costumes By Karinska
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Costumer Barbara Karinska was one of countless emigrees flung westward from czarist Russia by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s. Costumes by Karinska chronicles the life and work of this remarkably talented woman, a consummate perfectionist who brought unprecedented quality, innovation, and beauty to costumes designed and executed for film, theater, opera, and dance.Working behind the scenes as one of Balanchine's closest and most important collaborators, Karinska made an enormous contribution to many of the great ballet masterpieces of this century, dressing over seventy-five of the choreographer's productions.This was, however, by no means her only professional association in a career spanning forty-five years. She worked with many other renowned choreographers, producers, and directors, such as Frederick Ashton, Agnes de Mille, Bronislava Nijinska, Jerome Robbins, Louis Jouvet, Franco Zeffirelli, Mike Todd, Victor Fleming, and George Cukor. She took sketches by such artists as Andre Derain, Marc Chagall, Isamu Noguchi, Balthus, and Salvador Dali and transformed them into tangible, wearable apparel.The lively text by Toni Bentley, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet, is full of anecdotes from those who knew the designer, revealing a sophisticated, independent woman with great style and aristocratic flair.Also included in the book is a foreword by artist and dance aficionado Edward Gorey; an essay by Lincoln Kirstein, co-founder of the New York City Ballet, about Balanchine's Firebird (for which Karinska designed costumes based on sketches by Chagall); correspondence between Karinska and French actor/director Louis Jouvet; and a complete chronology of Karinska's career.
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- Best Choice - #2 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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Nicholas Krushenick: Electric Soup
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The first comprehensive monograph on American painter Nicholas Krushenick (1929– 1999) considers his important career and presents an expansive selection of his paintings and studies. Nicholas Krushenick is a key figure in the history of late 20th-century American art. Juxtaposing broad black lines with bold, flat Liquitex colors, Krushenick created hard-edged abstractions that fill his canvases from corner to corner. His energetic forms used experiments in cut paper collage as a springboard, creating an aesthetic all his own that earned him the title “father of Pop abstraction.” This book offers a mix of archival writings and interviews with new perspectives on the artist who is largely considered a precursor to Pop Art. Preparatory drawings, early collages, and scenes of Krushenick in his studio offer insight into the artist’s creative process, while newly commissioned essays take a fresh look at a remarkable oeuvre.
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- Best Choice - #3 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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Manon - Kenneth MacMillan, Covent Garden (No dialog)
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- Best Choice - #4 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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Hans Werner Henze: Ondine - featuring the Royal Ballet [Blu-ray]
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Miyako Yoshida dances the title role originally created for Margot Fonteyn in the hauntingly beautiful underwater world of Ondine, vividly brought to life by The Royal Ballet. Frederick Ashton's shimmering choreography, Lila de Nobili's impressionistic designs and Hans Werner Henze's specially commissioned, vibrant and inventive score, memorably combine to evoke the many moods and colours of the sea. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound. Press Reviews"Yoshida's is a musical, well-mannered reading…Watson moves through it as through a nightmare, gesture urgent, dance vivid, the portrait compelling...We see a masterpiece, disquieting, ever-mysterious." (The Financial Times) "Ashton's genius surfaces in supple arm movements and rippling footwork for his heroine. The petite wide-eyed Miyako Yoshida makes an ideal sprite for those of us who never saw Margot Fonteyn in action...Barry Wordsworth and the ROH Orchestra seem totally committed...and the Opus Arte presentation is as flawless as all its previous Royal Ballet releases. " (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★) CastMiyako Yoshida (Ondine)Edward Watson (Palemon)Genesia Rosato (Berta)Ricardo Cervera (Tirrenio)The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Barry Wordsworth ProductionCompany: The Royal BalletChoreographer: Frederick Ashton Disc InformationCatalogue Number: OABD7064DDate of Performance: 2009Running Time: 114 minutesSound: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTSAspect Ratio: 1080i High Definition / 16:9Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES (doumentary only)Label: Opus Arte
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- Best Choice - #5 20th Century Ballet Costumes
- Checked on 02/04/2023
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The Merry Widow [DVD]
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Renée Fleming heads an all-star cast with elegance and glamour including Broadway legend Kelli O Hara and veteran baritone Sir Thomas Allen.Lehár s evergreen comic operetta - The Merry Widow - is given a gala performance in this sumptuous new MET English-language production.The scintillating score is given a glowing, subtle performance (New York Times) under Sir Andrew Davis.Renée Fleming reprises her role as Hanna in performances at the Chicago Lyric Opera in November and December 2015. Andrew Davis conducts.
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- Best Choice - #6 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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- Based on 15 Reviews
Nijinsky
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Russian ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky has a scandalous affair with impresario Sergei Diaghilev and goes mad. Jeremy Irons' film debut.
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- Best Choice - #7 20th Century Ballet Costumes
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- Based on 92 Reviews
Brigadoon
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- Best Choice - #8 20th Century Ballet Costumes
- Checked on 02/04/2023
- Based on 42 Reviews
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