The Cambridge Companion to Ballet - Grand Format

The Cambridge Companion to Ballet traces the evolution of ballet as a theatrical art from the fifteenth to the end of the twentieth century. An international team of writers discuss important and interesting aspects of a much beloved art form that has many friends but few historical reference books. The reader will find new and unexpected aspects of ballet, its history and its aesthetics, the evolution of plot and narrative, the choice of costume and the transformation of an old art in a modern world.