TY - BOOK AU - McLean,Adrienne L. TI - Dying swans and madmen: ballet, the body, and narrative cinema SN - 0813542790 AV - GV1779 .M35 2008 U1 - 792.8 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Ballet in motion pictures, television, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index; Introduction : ballet in tin cans -- A channel for progress : theatrical dance, popular culture, and (the) American Ballet -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 1, the life of a ballerina is indeed tough -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 2, the man was mad--but a genius! -- If you can disregard the plot : the red shoes in an American context -- The second act will be quite different : cinema, culture, and ballet in the 1950s -- Turning points : -- Ballet and its bodies in the "post-studio" era ER -