Roland John Wiley’s monograph on the life and choreography of Lev Ivanov
Abstract
The article presents a critical review of the monograph written by an American researcher Roland John Wiley. It is devoted to the life and ballets of Lev Ivanovich Ivanov, a Russian choreographer. Several experiences of Lev Ivanov’s biography creating were made before Wiley, including two Soviet ballet experts, namely V.M. Krasovskaya and J.I. Slonimsky. A comparative analysis of the three monographs written by the abovementioned authors made it possible to reveal the advantages and disadvantages (the politicization of value judgments, first of all) of Wylie’s scientific work.
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Kozlova K.A. Roland John Wiley’s monograph on the life and choreography of Lev Ivanov. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2017;(2):125-130. (In Russ.)
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