Ballet of the Elephants
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| Author | Leda Schubert |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robert Andrew Parker |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | The Circus Polka by Igor Stravinsky[1] |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Published | April 2006[2] |
| Publisher | Deborah Brodie Books/Roaring Brook Press[1] |
| Pages | 32[2] (unpaged)[1] |
| ISBN | 1-59643-075-3 Search this book on  . |
Ballet of the Elephants is a 2006 illustrated nonfiction children's book by Leda Schubert, with illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. A look at the 1942 New York City performance of Igor Stravinsky's Circus Polka, it received positive reviews.
Summary and format[edit]
The book tells the story of the Circus Polka by Igor Stravinsky, as commissioned and presented by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus of New York City in 1942.[1] According to Publishers Weekly, "Several spreads feature separate brief histories of [Stravinsky, choreographer George Balanchine, and circus leader John Ringling North]: readers learn of Stravinsky's misunderstood music and Balanchine's homesickness when he was sent away to ballet school at age nine. North, who envisioned the pachyderm performance, called upon Russian-born Balanchine, who then involved his friend and fellow countryman Stravinsky. A gatefold opens to reveal the momentous dance." Trivia and black-and-white pictures of the performance are also included.[2]
Reception[edit]
Ballet of the Elephants was selected as a May 2006 Editors' Choice by The New York Times Book Review.[3] Writing for that publication, Jed Perl observed that "Schubert and Parker celebrate the funny elegance of the 'Circus Polka' story. Their book is a playful revelation."[1] The Christian Science Monitor's Jenny Sawyer stated that Schubert "weave[s] the disparate pieces leading up to New York, 1942, into a coherent, almost poetic text that moves gracefully from the circus's arrival in New York, to brief histories of each of the three men, and then back to that magical night — and the 424 performances that followed."[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Perl, Jed (2006-05-14). "The Big Dance" (PDF). The New York Times Book Review. p. 20. ISSN 0028-7806. Retrieved 2024-06-09 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Review: 'Ballet of the Elephants'". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 253 no. 15. 2006-04-10. pp. 70–71. ISSN 0000-0019. ProQuest 40555073. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ↑ "Editors' Choice" (PDF). The New York Times Book Review. 2006-05-21. p. 26. ISSN 0028-7806. Retrieved 2024-06-09 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Sawyer, Jenny (2006-11-21). "Ballerinas the size of battleships? Watch out Babar! These elephants could dance". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-06-09 – via ProQuest.
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