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Ida Rubinstein: Revolutionary Dancer, Actress, and Impresario

Ida Rubinstein: Revolutionary Dancer, Actress, and Impresario

Chazin-Bennahum, Judith

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1438487975
ISBN13: 9781438487977
Publisher: St Univ Of New York Pr
Published: Mar 1 2022
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The critical biography of a dynamic and under-represented figure who produced and starred in some of the most innovative works of her day.

Ida Rubinstein (1883-1960) captivated Paris's dancers, composers, artists, and audiences from her time in the Ballets Russes in 1909 to her final performances in 1939. Trained in Russia as an actress and a dancer, her life spanned the artistic freedom of the Belle Époque through the ravages of World War I, the Depression, and finally World War II. This critical biography carefully examines aspects of Rubinstein's life and career that have previously received little attention. These include her early life in Russia, her writing about performance aesthetics, her curated approach to acting and dancing roles, and her encumbered position as a woman and a Jew. Rubinstein used her considerable fortune to produce dozens of plays, lyric creations, and ballets, making her one of the foremost producers of the first half of the twentieth century. Employing the greatest scenic artists, Léon Bakst and Alexander Benois; the distinguished composers Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Honegger, and Claude Debussy; celebrated writers including Paul Valéry and André Gide; and the brilliant choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, Rubinstein transformed twentieth-century theater and dance.

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