Jennifer Homans on "Apollo's Angels"
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04.17.2011
Ballet is performed all over the world, but in Russia ballet is the route to stardom. Jennifer Homans wrote the first definitive history of ballet, called "Apollo's Angels." She tells Anne Strainchamps what makes "The Nutracker" one of the world's most popular ballets.
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Russian Ballet
The world would not know Igor Stravinsky's music if it were not for ballet. His "Rite of Spring" caused riots in the opera house in Paris when it was first performed. His other ballets are still performed without dance accompaniment by many symphonic orchestras.
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