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'''André Yacovlev Levinson''', '''Андрей (Андрэ) Яковлевич Левинсон'''; ''Andrey Yakovl'evich Levinson'' (November 1, 1887, [[St. Petersburg]] - December 3, 1933, [[Paris]]) was a [[France|French]] [[dance]] [[journalist]].
'''André Yacovlev Levinson''', '''Андрей (Андрэ) Яковлевич Левинсон'''; ''Andrey Yakovl'evich Levinson'' (November 1, 1887, [[St. Petersburg]] - December 3, 1933, [[Paris]]) was, after leaving Russia in 1918, a [[France|French]] [[dance]] [[journalist]].

At the University of [[Sankt Peterburg]] he had been a professor of Romance languages. Regarding ballet, he then championed "pure academic dance". He opposed the reforms advanced by choreographer [[Michel Fokine]] and impresario [[Sergei Diaghilev]].<ref>Horst Koegler, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet'' ([1972], Oxford University 1977), p.324 (quote).</ref><ref>Cf., André Levinson, ''André Levinson on Dance: Writings from Paris in the twenties'' (Wesleyan University 1991), edited and introduced by Joan Acocella and Lynn Garafola.</ref>

==References==
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== Literary works ==
== Literary works ==

Revision as of 19:59, 9 April 2018

André Yacovlev Levinson, Андрей (Андрэ) Яковлевич Левинсон; Andrey Yakovl'evich Levinson (November 1, 1887, St. Petersburg - December 3, 1933, Paris) was, after leaving Russia in 1918, a French dance journalist.

At the University of Sankt Peterburg he had been a professor of Romance languages. Regarding ballet, he then championed "pure academic dance". He opposed the reforms advanced by choreographer Michel Fokine and impresario Sergei Diaghilev.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Horst Koegler, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet ([1972], Oxford University 1977), p.324 (quote).
  2. ^ Cf., André Levinson, André Levinson on Dance: Writings from Paris in the twenties (Wesleyan University 1991), edited and introduced by Joan Acocella and Lynn Garafola.

Literary works

  • Meister des Ballets, 1923
  • La Argentina, 1928
  • La danse d'aujourd'hui, 1929

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