Apollo's Angels : A History of Ballet (Hardcover)

from japaul22

Last year, I heard an interview with Homans on Fresh Air (NPR) and knew I had to read this book. The first half of the book focuses on France primarily, with diversions to Denmark and Italy. Homans discusses ballet's role in society, politics, and the arts, but can't truly make the reader see wha...

from Smiler69

Jennifer Homan's comprehensive look at the history of ballet, when I discovered it via The New York Time's Sunday Book Review (it later made the list of the NYT's 10 best books of 2010), was a long-awaited treat. The book is structured in two parts; part 1, “France and the Classical Origins of Ba...

from WordMaven

I just started this wonderful book, but already I'm entranced. This book was written with love. Ms. Homans put a tremendous amount of work into this book and it shows. I find it interesting that a single statement she made near the very end of the book has generated the most talk--that ballet is ...

from ClifSven

Not as good as it could have been; not as good as it should have been. Jennifer Homans' Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet is a well-researched history of ballet. It is heavily footnoted and her Bibliography is over 30 pages long! While most of the book is very good, there are parts that drag a...

from jostie13

A lot of really good information and history. Although the way the author lamented the death of classical ballet made me not that sad that classical ballet is dying.