Like a bomb going off : Leonid Yakobson and ballet as resistance in Soviet Russia /: Leonid Yakobson and ballet as resistance in Soviet Russia. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Leonid Yakobson and ballet as resistance in Soviet Russia
• Further Information: Note: Janice Ross ; foreword by Lynn Garafola.
• Authors: Ross, Janice
• Contents: 1. Ballet and power: Leonid Yakobson in Soviet Russia -- 2. Beginnings: Learning to be an outsider -- 3. What is to be done with ballet? -- 4. Chilling and thawing: Cold war ballet and the anti-Jewish campaign -- 5. Spartacus -- 6. Dismantling the hero -- 7. A company of his own: Privatizing Soviet ballet -- 8. Totalitarianism, uncertainty, and ballet.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (521 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 792.8/0947; Choreographers -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Dancers -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Ballet -- Soviet Union -- History; Dance -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union; Chorégraphes -- URSS -- Biographies; Danseurs -- URSS -- Biographies; Ballet -- URSS -- Histoire; Danse -- Aspect politique -- URSS; PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Classical & Ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts; HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics; HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century; PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General; Ballet; Choreographers; Dance -- Political aspects; Dancers; Soviet Union; Biography; Biographies; History; Biographies; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300210644; 0300210647
• Related ISBNs: 9780300207637; 0300207638
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.