This oversized, deluxe volume celebrating the exquisite spectacle that embodies the excellence of American Ballet Theatre, recognized by Congress as "America’s national ballet company," presents the unfolding beauty, grace, agility, and sheer force of its most recent productions. Distinguished photographer Nancy Ellison depicts such enduring ballet classics as La Bayadère, Othello, The Sleeping Beauty, Manon, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, and Giselle, and captures the virtuosity of such unforgettable dancers as Angel Corella, Nina Ananiashvili, Alessandra Ferri, Julio Bocca, and Ethan Stiefel. ABT’s artistic director, Kevin McKenzie, has written an illuminating essay about this preeminent company. The combination of dynamic bravura dancing in dreamlike settings will be a sheer delight to ballet lovers everywhere.
- ISBN10 0847830411
- ISBN13 9780847830411
- Publish Date 29 April 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
- Edition Deluxe ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780847830411