TY - BOOK AU - Guest,Ivor Forbes TI - The Paris Opéra ballet SN - 1852731095 U1 - 792.809 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Alton, Hampshire PB - Dance Books KW - Opéra de Paris KW - Ballet KW - France KW - Paris N1 - Includes List of ballets produced at the Paris Opéra, Principal dancers of the Opéra, Guest artistes with the Ballet of the Opéra, and Ballets performed a the Opéra more than 100 times; Includes index; Ch. 1; The cradle of the classical dance --; Ch. 2; The virtuosi of rococo --; Ch. 3; Noverre --; Ch. 4; The dominance of the Gardels --; Ch. 5; The romantic heyday --; Ch. 6; Romanticism in decline --; Ch. 7; The decadence --; Ch. 8; A time of transition --; Ch. 9; The Lifar years --; Ch. 10; A new strategy emerges --; Ch. 11; Nureyev and after --; App; List of ballets produced at the Paris Opera --; App; Principal dancers (etoiles) of the opera --; App; Guest artistes with the ballet of the opera --; App; Ballets performed at the opera more than 100 times ER -