Edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571190621
Published:
02.09.2004
No of pages:
688
Secret Muses
Julie Kavanagh
Sir Frederick Ashton, Britain's greatest choreographer, was a major figure on the cultural landscape of the twentieth century and his influence extended far beyond the world of dance. Julie Kavanagh traces Ashton's progress with a keen and sympathetic sense of both the man and his milieu. The drama of his professional and private life - among his close associates were Constant Lambert, Benjamin Britten, W. B. Yeats, the Sitwells and Cecil Beaton - is skilfully interwoven with vivid descriptions of the ballets themselves.
'Not only the best biography of a ballet figure but, far more important, a Proustian recollection of that glamorous near-mythical time, the first half of our now setting century.' Gore Vidal
Tags
Categorised as:
Music, Stage & Screen
Sub-categories:
Classical Music
Genres & Themes:
Dance;
Ballet
Characters:
Frederick Ashton
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