Author: DANILOVA, ALEXANDRA
Title: Choura - the Memoirs of Alexandra Danilova
Description: London, Dance Books. 1987, First. (ISBN: 0903102978). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 213 pages. 48 pages of black and white photographs. The captivating and long-awaited memoir of Alexandra Danilova, one of this century's greatest and most beloved ballerinas. Her story is the story of modern ballet itself, from its beginnings in Imperial St. Petersburg, through its incubation in the glamorous and intrigue-ridden world of the Ballets Russes, to its triumphant apotheosis in the hands of George Balanchine in America. At each step, 'Choura', as she is known to generations of balletomanes, was present as both witness and creator. S. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Ballets Russes, Maryinsky School, Boris Chaliapin, Diaghilev, George Balanchine, 0903102978


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