The Golden age of Yuri Grigorovich

The collection of articles theatre and ballet critic Alexander Demidov (1944-1990) occupy the Central place in the work of choreographic works of outstanding Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. Written in the 70s-80s, they reflected the innovative contribution of the Master in the art of classical dance, contains a detailed analysis of drama, principles of composition and style of the legendary works such as "Sleeping beauty", "Nutcracker", "Swan lake", "Ivan the terrible", "Romeo and Juliet", "the Golden age", and continue to be a valuable art historical source on the subject of domestic ballet of the XX century. The collection also includes the papers of different years, which were sealed on-stage image masters of dance - Natalia Bessmertnova, Ekaterina Maximova, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Maris Liepa, choreographer Leonid Yakobson, Igor Belsky; the analysis of the aesthetic problems of ballet romanticism exemplified by domestic and foreign productions.
For specialists in the field of ballet and a wide range of readers interested in this art.