Carlotta Grisi

Book

Date:
1947
Format:
Hardcover
Description:
88 p. : ill. (b&w) ; 15 x 23 cm.
Summary:
"Carlotta Grisi was one of the four great Ballerinas of the age of the Romantic Ballet, and the favourite of the poet Theophile Gautier.  It was for her that he conceived Giselle, and she created the name part when this, the most famous of all ballets, was originally put on at the Paris Opera in 1841.  One of the most distinguished dancers of today, Serge Lifar, has collected all the facts that are known about her life, and, using many quotations from he writings of Gautier and other contemporaries, has made a charming narrative which fits her perfectly against the background of her time." -- from the book jacket

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