Theatre in revolution : Russian avant-garde stage design, 1913-1935 /
Nancy Van Norman Baer ; with contributions by John E. Bowlt [and others].
- 207 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm
Includes index. "The Fine Arts Museums of San Francesco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 9 November 1991 through 16 February 1992; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, New York, 14 April 1992 through 13 June 1992; The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, 25 August 1992 through 2 November 1992"--T.p. verso.
Introduction to Alexei Bakrushin and his theatrical museum / Valerii Gubin -- The early twentieth-century cultural revival and the Russian merchant class / Simon Karlinsky -- Design and movement in the theatre of the Russian avant-garde / Nancy Van Norman Baer -- The construction of caprice: the Russian avant-garde onstage / John E. Bowlt -- The Russian avant-garde and the theatre of the artist / Mikhail Kolesnikov -- East meets west: Russian stage design and the European avant-garde / Steven A. Nash -- Russian eccentric theatre: the rhythm of America on the early Soviet stage / Mel Gordon -- Constructivism and dance / Elizabeth Souritz -- The constructivist stage / Georgii Kovalenko -- Designing gestures in the laboratory of dance / Nicoletta Misler -- Manifestos of the Russian avant-garde -- Selected plot summaries.
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