Ivor Guest (1920–2018)
Auteur de The Dancer's Heritage
A propos de l'auteur
Ivor Forbes Guest was born in Chislehurst, Kent, England on April 20, 1920. As a lawyer, he became a senior partner at Tweedie and Prideaux. He was an authority on dance in the Napoleonic and Victorian eras. He wrote numerous books including Napoleon III in England, The Romantic Ballet in England, afficher plus The Ballet of the Enlightenment, Ballet Under Napoleon, The Romantic Ballet in Paris, and The Ballet of the Second Empire. He wrote several biographies including Fanny Cerrito, Fanny Elssler, The Divine Virginia: The Biography of Virginia Zucchi, and Jules Perrot. His memoir, Adventures of a Ballet Historian: An Unfinished Memoir, was published in 1981. He contributed to the creation of Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée. He received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France in 2000. He died on March 30, 2018 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Ivor Guest
Adeline Genee: A Lifetime of Ballet under Six Reigns. 8 exemplaires
The Ballet of the Enlightenment: The Establishment of the Ballet D'Action in France, 1770-1793 (1996) 4 exemplaires
A gallery of romantic ballet : a catalogue of the collection of dance prints at the Mercury Theatre (1965) 3 exemplaires
The Empire Ballet 3 exemplaires
Two Coppelias 3 exemplaires
Designing for the Dancer 2 exemplaires
Napoleon III in England 2 exemplaires
Gautier on Dance 2 exemplaires
Russian Ballet Master The Memoirs of Marius Petipa 1 exemplaire
Jules Perrot 1 exemplaire
The Ballet of the Second Empire 1858 - 1870 1 exemplaire
The Ballet of the Enlightenment 1 exemplaire
Dandies and dancers 1 exemplaire
Carlotta Zambelli 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Les cancans de l'Opéra : Chroniques de l'Académie royale de musique et du théâtre,… (2000) — Préface, quelques éditions — 4 exemplaires
Étiqueté
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- Autres noms
- Guest, Ivor Forbes (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1920-04-20
- Date de décès
- 2018-03-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Professions
- lawyer
ballet historian - Relations
- Guest, Ann Hutchinson (widow)
Membres
Critiques
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- Œuvres
- 35
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 214
- Popularité
- #104,033
- Évaluation
- 5.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 1