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Lady of Shalott
Lew Christensen
Michael Bentall
Miracle in the Gorbals
music for dance
narrative ballet
narratology Checkmate
Robert Helpmann
Roger Furze
Sadlers Wells Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
Sergei Vanaev
Sir Arthur Bliss
The Royal Ballet
Tony Duquette
Product details
- ISBN 9781917458382
- Weight: 1400g
- Dimensions: 240 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 2026
- Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bliss and Dance explores the four major ballets of composer Sir Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) who was at the centre of British musical life for over fifty years. Drawn to finding expression for drama and human emotion, Bliss composed an impressive range of instrumental, choral, opera, film and highly acclaimed ballet scores. He collaborated with pioneering choreographers Ninette de Valois and Robert Helpmann on works for Sadler’s Wells Ballet between 1937 and 1946, and with Lew Christensen for San Francisco Ballet in 1958.
In fifteen richly illustrated chapters, music and dance specialists delve into the artistic, cultural and socio-political context, creation and performance across several generations of these works, asking what they reveal about his story and the art of dance then and now.
The volume of informative, engaging essays by established practitioners is edited by Jennifer Jackson, former dancer and choreographer with The Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet.
The volume of informative engaging essays by established practitioners is edited by Jennifer Jackson, former dancer and choreographer with The Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet. With a foreword by Dame Darcey Bussell and contributions by:
Sir David Bintley: choreographer, former Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Andrew Burn: Bliss specialist, writer, speaker and broadcaster
Michael Byrne: Dance and technology researcher, Cornell University
Dr Susie Crow: choreographer, teacher, writer and dancer
Dr Sam Ellis: Head of BMus Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Dr Lewis Foreman: leading authority and writer on 20th-century British music
Jennifer Jackson: dancer, choreographer, writer and teacher
Susan Jones: Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford; DANSOX director
Dr Anna Meadmore: historian, Manager of Special Collections, Royal Ballet School
Jane Pritchard: V&A Curator of Dance, leading authority in theatre dance design
Paul Spicer: conductor, authority on 20th-century British music, Bliss’s biographer.
