Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg opera clothing and the rise of male

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Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg opera clothing and the rise of maleFive Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg offers fascinating new looks at five classic story ballets: Giselle (1841), Paquita (1846), Le Corsaire (1856), La Bayadre (1877), and Raymonda (1898), drawing on a treasure trove of manuscripts that offer explicit written information about how many nineteenth century ballets were performed in their earliest incarnations. Bursting with details forgotten for more than a century, these manuscripts bring the