The Making of Markova

Diaghilev's Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon

Tina Sutton

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English

Pegasus
15 July 2014

Theatre Studies; Ballet; Biography: arts & entertainment

In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl is diagnosed with flat feet, knock knees, and weak legs. In short order, Lilian Alicia Marks would become a dance prodigy, the cherished baby ballerina of Sergei Diaghilev, and the youngest ever soloist at his famed Ballets Russes. It was there that George Balanchine choreographed his first ballet for her, Henri Matisse designed her costumes, and Igor Stravinsky taught her music—all when the re-christened Alicia Markova was just 14. Given unprecedented access to Dame Markova’s intimate journals and correspondence, Tina Sutton paints a full picture of the dancer’s astonishing life and times in 1920s Paris and Monte Carlo, 1930s London, and wartime in New York and Hollywood. Ballet lovers and readers everywhere will be fascinated by the story of one of the twentieth century’s great artists.

By: Tina Sutton
Imprint: Pegasus
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 766g
ISBN: 9781605985787
ISBN 10: 1605985783
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 15 July 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Making of Markova: Diaghilev's Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon

Sutton's kinetic, meticulously choreographed biography reveals the forces of light and gravity that shaped the fiercely independent dancer's soaring forty-year career--and the delicate yet indelible mark she left on the dance world and beyond. Tina Sutton's biography of legendary prima ballerina Alicia Markova is an ardent and complex choreography of its own. Following Markova from her humble beginnings to the apogee of her career as a dancer, muse, and fashion icon, The Making of Markova is a compelling and wonderfully readable portrait of a fiercely independent artist who left an indelible mark on the world. --Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire