BALLET TO-DAY
Most New Zealanders, through lack of ! opportunity have not seen a ballet, and ' what hey know of the art they have learned by reading. Those who know ! nothing at all, but wish an introduction ' should read "To the Ballet" (Allen and Lnwin), i„ which Irving Deakin gives a I brief history of the art, and descriptions ' of all the ballets usuallv performed by companies to-day. John van Druten, in an eloquent foreword, describee his discovery of the ballet and the "wild and instantaneous exhilaration" it produced in him. Mr. Deakin says that the ballet centre of the world to-day is London, ' which "has provided means and outlet I for ballet in greater measure than per- 1 haps any other country. What is more, it is providing audiences." '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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