Description: BALLET by CECIL BEATON VINTAGE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST JACKET. VINTAGE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS INCLUDEDCecil Beaton's recollections of the ballet, set down in this sparkling personal memoir in his pungent and highly individual prose, comences when, as a boy during World War I, he admired the precision drill of the 'Palace Girls' in London. From then on much of Beaton's life and activities have centered on dances and dancing, and he has worked intimately - as designer, photographer, collaborator, and enthusiastic connoisseur - with all the great figurres of the ballet, Diaghileff, Lifar, Lopokova, Christian Berard, Balanchine, Markova, Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Massine, all of whom are here deftly characterized. Over 100 of Beaton's superb photographs are included in this book - portraits of star dancers, close-ups, scenes of ballet in action, and scenes behind the scenes. In addition the text is embellished with dozens of drawings from his sketchbooks, and there is an enchanting title page.
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Book Title: Ballet
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Allan Wingate Publishers
Item Length: 6 in
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1951
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1950s
Item Height: 9 in
Author: Cecil Beaton
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Ballet
Topic: Ballet
Item Weight: 16 oz
Number of Pages: 86 pages
