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- catalog abstract ""This was no ordinary woman: she was a chameleon; a diva who lived many lives; a woman who overcame the endemic, fashionable anti-semitism of her times to enchant and captivate the highest of societies. She touched the sun and lit flames all over Europe, only to disappear into complete obscurity. Here was the aristocrat who drank champagne out of madonna leaves and had two great loves, one woman, one man. Here was a woman who scandalized society from Paris to St. Petersburg, whose charisma attracted people from Marc Chagall to Sarah Bernhardt and Jean Cocteau to the first Lord Moyne; here was a woman who for a quarter of a century dominated centre stage, her own gala firework display, her own festival, a gilded being touched by the Gods." "Virtually untrained as a dancer, Ida Rubinstein's qualities as a performer warranted her a place in the first triumphant Parisian season of the Ballets Russes and her charisma and creative energy attracted collaborators of the quality of Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Cocteau, Bakst and Benois. There is no doubt that Ida Rubinstein was a "superstar" in all its meanings: as extravagant as her friend Sarah Bernhardt (with whom she shared a penchant for collecting wild animals as pets) and as revolutionary in her lifestyle and performances as Isadora Duncan. In this book Vicki Woolf gives us a long-awaited insight into the life of this remarkable woman and illuminates an especially fascinating chapter of artistic activity in Paris in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Story of Ida Rubinstein".
- catalog contributor b12075936.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""This was no ordinary woman: she was a chameleon; a diva who lived many lives; a woman who overcame the endemic, fashionable anti-semitism of her times to enchant and captivate the highest of societies. She touched the sun and lit flames all over Europe, only to disappear into complete obscurity. Here was the aristocrat who drank champagne out of madonna leaves and had two great loves, one woman, one man. Here was a woman who scandalized society from Paris to St. Petersburg, whose charisma attracted people from Marc Chagall to Sarah Bernhardt and Jean Cocteau to the first Lord Moyne; here was a woman who for a quarter of a century dominated centre stage, her own gala firework display, her own festival, a gilded being touched by the Gods." "Virtually untrained as a dancer, Ida Rubinstein's qualities as a performer warranted her a place in the first triumphant Parisian season of the Ballets Russes and her charisma and creative energy attracted collaborators of the quality of Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Cocteau, Bakst and Benois. There is no doubt that Ida Rubinstein was a "superstar" in all its meanings: as extravagant as her friend Sarah Bernhardt (with whom she shared a penchant for collecting wild animals as pets) and as revolutionary in her lifestyle and performances as Isadora Duncan. In this book Vicki Woolf gives us a long-awaited insight into the life of this remarkable woman and illuminates an especially fascinating chapter of artistic activity in Paris in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction to the series -- List of plates -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Christina Gallea and Alexander Roy -- Prologue: Ruins against the sky -- St. Petersburg -- Antigone -- Salomé -- Cléopâtre -- Schéhérazade -- Artists' model -- St. Sébastien -- The producer -- War and revolution -- Cracks in the mask -- Milan -- La Dame aux Camélias -- Nijinsky -- The 1928 season -- Covent Garden 1931 -- The Paris Opera 1934 -- World War Two -- Vence -- Whispers in the wings.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 180 p. :".
- catalog identifier "9057550873".
- catalog identifier "9057550881 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Choreography and dance studies, 1053-380 ; v. 20".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Harwood Academic,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "792.8092 21".
- catalog subject "Actors France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Ballet dancers Biography.".
- catalog subject "Ballet dancers France Biography.".
- catalog subject "GV1785.R83 W66 2000".
- catalog subject "Rubinstein, Ida, 1885?-1960.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction to the series -- List of plates -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Christina Gallea and Alexander Roy -- Prologue: Ruins against the sky -- St. Petersburg -- Antigone -- Salomé -- Cléopâtre -- Schéhérazade -- Artists' model -- St. Sébastien -- The producer -- War and revolution -- Cracks in the mask -- Milan -- La Dame aux Camélias -- Nijinsky -- The 1928 season -- Covent Garden 1931 -- The Paris Opera 1934 -- World War Two -- Vence -- Whispers in the wings.".
- catalog title "Dancing in the vortex : the story of Ida Rubinstein / Vicki Woolf.".
- catalog title "Story of Ida Rubinstein".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".