Beryl de Zoete

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Beryl de Zoete (actually: Beryl Drusilla de Zoete , married Beryl de Sélincourt , * 1879 in London , † 1962 ) was an English ballet dancer, orientalist, and dance critic and researcher. She is also known as a translator from Italo Svevos into English. She also participated in the creation of an oratorio.

Biographical

She was born in London and lived there until her death. She married Basil de Sélincourt (* 1876) in 1902, but was soon divorced. She was then in a lifelong relationship with Arthur Waley (1889–1966), but no longer married.
She studied dance a. a. In 1913 and 1915 with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze and then taught until the 1920s . She made long trips, including to Bali and South Asia .

Professional

In the field of dance she taught eurythmy and researched (East) Indian dance and theater traditions. Together with Walter Spies she wrote the book "Dance and Drama in Bali (1938)", which is still a reference for Balinese dance and theater forms. It was only reissued in 2002 and is now out of print. She wrote about dance topics for various magazines. Her dance books appeared on Bali in 1938, on India in 1953 and on Sri Lanka in 1957.

Works

As Beryl D. de Sélincourt (re-releases partly as Beryl de Zoete ):

  • Homes of the first Franciscans in Umbria, the borders of Tuscany and the northern marches (1905)
  • Venice (1907)

As Beryl de Zoete :

  • Dance and Drama in Bali (with Walter Spies , 1938; republished in 2002 by Periplus, Hong Kong)
  • Dance and Magic Drama in Ceylon (1957, published by Faber and Faber , London)
  • The Thunder and the Freshness: the collected essays of Beryl de Zoete (1963, with a foreword by Arthur Waley , published by Neville Spearman, London)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/belshazzars-feast-for-mixed-choir-baritone-solo-and-orchestra/oclc/28608159&referer=brief_results
  2. ↑ Excerpts from the book on Google Books

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personal data
SURNAME De Zoete, Beryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Zoete, Beryl Drusilla (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English ballet dancer, orientalist, and dance critic and researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1962