Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange Searcy Anne
Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange Searcy Anne In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. This book explores the first tours…
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Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange Searcy Anne
In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. This book explores the first tours of the exchange, by the Bolshoi in 1959 and 1962, by American Ballet Theatre in 1960, and by New York City Ballet in 1962.The tours opened up space for genuine appreciation of foreign ballet. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cultural exchange, arranged by the governments of the US and USSR as part of their Cold War strategies.
Political leaders, including Khrushchev and Kennedy, met with the dancers. American fans lined up overnight to buy tickets to the Bolshoi, and Soviet audiences packed massive theaters to see American companies. The audience reaction, screaming and crying, was overwhelming.But the tours also began a series of deep misunderstandings.
American and Soviet audiences did not view ballet in the same way. Each group
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