The many -sided god of the dance

Violetta Minius is a well -known ballet, teacher and critic. Her book contains articles that allow more to understand many aspects of today"s ballet. In the reviews of the centuries -old activities of the trouts of the Bolshoi Theater and the Paris Opera, directions of the development of choreography as a whole and the performing skills of individual creators are noted. Interesting articles are devoted to choresters such as George Balanchin, Leonid Lavrovsky, Alexander Gorsky, Yuri Grigorovich. Different stages of interpretation of ballets "Sleeping Beauty" and the Swan Lake, the Sylphide and the Bayaderek, the daughter of the pharaoh and Spartak are analyzed in detail. Of the many ballerinas, whose work was carefully studied by Minius, she chose Maya Plisetskaya, Marta Graham, Ulyana Lopatkin and Ivett Chovir for the book. She also writes about outstanding dancers - Vaclav Nezhinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Marisa Liepe, Jorge Donne, Alexander Godunov, Nikolai Tsiscaridze