{"product_id":"vaganova-a-dance-journey-from-petersburg-to-leningrad-9780813028316","title":"Vaganova: A Dance Journey from Petersburg to Leningrad","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vera M. Siegel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only authorized biography about the creator of the renowned Russian ballet curriculum-for the first time in English. The first English edition of the only authorized biography of Agrippina Vaganova (1897-1951) was originally published in Russian in 1989. It tells the story of one of the most important dance teachers of the 20th century, who created a system of teaching ballet that spread throughout the former Soviet Union and beyond.Vaganova rose through the ranks to become a ballerina in the Imperial Ballet during the last days of Tsarist Russia. After the Revolution of 1917, she became a teacher and transformed the St. Petersburg\/Leningrad School of Ballet into a premier institution. She also served as the artistic director of the Kirov Theater.Written by a direct eyewitness to many of the described incidents, someone who knew Vaganova intimately, the biography is a window into the personality and thinking of this great teacher. It vividly recounts the training and individual styles of such world-renowned ballerinas as Marina Semyonova, Natalia Dudinskaya, Galina Ulanova, and Tatiana Vecheslova, and it offers a unique insight into the world of classical ballet during the era of Tsarist Russia and the early Soviet years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45409807728791,"sku":"9780813028316","price":2562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813028316.webp?v=1767311929","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/vaganova-a-dance-journey-from-petersburg-to-leningrad-9780813028316","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}