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- catalog abstract ""The story of Henning Kronstam, one of the greatest dancers of twentieth-century ballet, is a testament to professional achievement and personal victory. Overcoming illness, family disapproval, and his own private torments, Kronstam dominated one of the world's most renowned companies, the Royal Danish Ballet, for nearly thirty years - beginning in 1956, when he created the role of Romeo at the age of twenty in Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet, until a new generation, trained by him, took the stage. In 1979, he organized and directed the Bournonville Festival, introducing the world to the rarely performed works of August Bournanville, Denmark's master choreographer."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12626047.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The story of Henning Kronstam, one of the greatest dancers of twentieth-century ballet, is a testament to professional achievement and personal victory. Overcoming illness, family disapproval, and his own private torments, Kronstam dominated one of the world's most renowned companies, the Royal Danish Ballet, for nearly thirty years - beginning in 1956, when he created the role of Romeo at the age of twenty in Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet, until a new generation, trained by him, took the stage. In 1979, he organized and directed the Bournonville Festival, introducing the world to the rarely performed works of August Bournanville, Denmark's master choreographer."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-556) and index.".
- catalog description "The Making of an Artist -- Henning Kronstam and His World -- A Wartime Childhood -- The Boy Who Practiced Dying -- The Lander Years -- Vera Volkova and the Making of a Dancer -- The Pepper Boy in the Sugar Bowl -- Firestorms and Breakthroughs -- The Roles -- The Poet: Balanchine's La Sonnambula -- Romeo: Ashton's Romeo and Juliet -- James: Bournonville's La Sylphide -- Apollo: Balanchine's Apollon Musagete -- The Princes: Florimund, Siegfried, and Albrecht -- The Knights: Nilas, Jason, and Don Jose -- The Mature Artist -- Cyrano -- Ruth Page and Walt Disney -- The Swan in the Duck Pond -- First Solo Dancer -- Dark and Fair -- Dreamland -- This Breathlessness -- The Ballet Master -- Priorities and Challenges -- The Bournonville Festival and The Firebird -- Tivoli and Tours -- The Search for a Successor -- The Red Thread -- Life and Art -- Night Shadows -- The Terrible Year -- The Ashton Solo -- Afterword / Ellen G. Levine, M.D. -- List of Roles -- Kronstam's 1993 Contract.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 572 p. :".
- catalog identifier "081302546X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog spatial "Denmark".
- catalog subject "792.8028092 21".
- catalog subject "Ballet dancers Denmark Biography.".
- catalog subject "Choreographers Denmark Biography.".
- catalog subject "GV1785.K744 T66 2002".
- catalog subject "Kronstam, Henning.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Making of an Artist -- Henning Kronstam and His World -- A Wartime Childhood -- The Boy Who Practiced Dying -- The Lander Years -- Vera Volkova and the Making of a Dancer -- The Pepper Boy in the Sugar Bowl -- Firestorms and Breakthroughs -- The Roles -- The Poet: Balanchine's La Sonnambula -- Romeo: Ashton's Romeo and Juliet -- James: Bournonville's La Sylphide -- Apollo: Balanchine's Apollon Musagete -- The Princes: Florimund, Siegfried, and Albrecht -- The Knights: Nilas, Jason, and Don Jose -- The Mature Artist -- Cyrano -- Ruth Page and Walt Disney -- The Swan in the Duck Pond -- First Solo Dancer -- Dark and Fair -- Dreamland -- This Breathlessness -- The Ballet Master -- Priorities and Challenges -- The Bournonville Festival and The Firebird -- Tivoli and Tours -- The Search for a Successor -- The Red Thread -- Life and Art -- Night Shadows -- The Terrible Year -- The Ashton Solo -- Afterword / Ellen G. Levine, M.D. -- List of Roles -- Kronstam's 1993 Contract.".
- catalog title "Henning Kronstam : portrait of a Danish dancer / Alexandra Tomalonis ; with an afterword by Ellen G. Levine.".
- catalog type "Biographie (Descripteur de forme) rasuqam".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".