{"product_id":"9781906830786","title":"The Diaghilev Ballet in London","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the book of reminiscences of the Ballets Russes which Mr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeaumont, as the best qualified man in England, has, for the last ten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears, been urged to write. Readers will find that it is more intimate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand personal than any of Mr Beaumont’s previous works. From\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1912 he saw every London season of Diaghilev’s Ballet, at first, as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emember of the public, and, after 1918, both before and behind the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecurtain, as a friend of the Director and his lieutenants and of many\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book records the Ballet’s activities in London,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a personal critical impression of the principal dancers in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroles that they made famous. Little intimate incidents are included,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand pen pictures of distinguished personalities in private life. It tells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the first time, and for all time, what the Diaghilev Ballet was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereally like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033347211504,"sku":"9781906830786","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906830786_p0.jpg?v=1763618110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906830786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}