Tamara Karsavina

ISBN: 9781330383186 出版年：2016 页码：45 Arnold L Haskell Forgotten Books

She is one of the few amongst the great artists of the dance whose virtuosity is not discussed. It is taken for granted — yet entirely apart from her immense artistry， her technique stands almost alone in its strength and purity. Where many other dancers have made a feature of their technique， hers is entirely subordinated to her genius for dramatic interpretation. I have seen her strike an attitude or suggest a pose in everyday clothes without any of the charitable illusions of the stage. No words can describe the beauty of those movements. They suggest a veritable collection of tanagra figures. Knowing Karsavina it is not easy to keep the personal note out of this study. I have tried to do so， but it is not necessary in this introduction.