From the Book - First edition.
Introduction : Masters and traditions
pt. 1. France and the classical origins of ballet
The Enlightenment and the story ballet
The French Revolution in ballet
Romantic illusions and the rise of the ballerina
Scandinavian orthodoxy : the Danish style
Italian heresy : pantomime, virtuosity, and Italian ballet
pt. 2. Light from the East : Russian worlds of art
Tsars of dance : imperial Russian classicism
East goes West : Russian Modernism and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Left behind? : Communist ballet from Stalin to Brezhnev
Alone in Europe : the British moment
The American century I : Russian beginnings
The American century II : The New York scene
Epilogue : The masters are dead and gone.
