Design for performance : from Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys / edited by Peter Docherty and Tim White. - 240 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held 1993 at the Lethaby Galleries, London, England. "A centenary publication by Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.

Foreword / Introduction / Peter Williams remembered / Peter WIlliams: an appreciation / Stepping into the twenties / Peter Williams, designer, talks to Peter Williams, editor / Draped life / Stage of creation / Light on the matter: an interview with John B. Read / Design for dance the story so far ... / Designing the space: devising the dance / On scenography / Director/designer: an interview with Philip Prowse / Challenge of designing the Tchaikovsky ballets / Sleeping beauty -- Setting for a Beauty: Peter Docherty discusses his designs / Nutcracker -- Swan lake -- Designing Swan lake / Lighting Swan lake: an interview with Rick Fisher -- We, you, they / Cinderella -- Designing Cinderella / Coppélia -- Shakespeare -- Musical -- Introduction / Professor Margaret Buck -- Peter Docherty -- Peter Docherty -- Sir John Drummond CBE -- Peter Williams -- Peter Williams -- Peter Farley -- Peter Farley -- Peter Williams -- Peter Farley -- Peter Docherty, Matthew Hamilton -- Pamela Howard -- Tim White -- Nicholas Georgiadis Sue Merrett -- Yolanda Sonnabend -- Tim White -- Peter Williams -- Tim Hatley -- Marina Henderson. Pt. 1. Designers on design 1920-1996 -- Pt. 2. Designing the narrative -- Pt. 3. From Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys --

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Dance--Stage-setting and scenery--History.
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
Ballet--Stage-setting and scenery
Dance--Stage-setting and scenery
Performance

GV1782 / .D63 1996

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