TY - BOOK AU - Ezrahi,Christina TI - Swans of the Kremlin: ballet and power in Soviet Russia T2 - Pitt russian east european SN - 9780822962144 (pbk.) AV - GV1663 .E97 2012 U1 - 792.80947 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Pittsburgh PB - University of Pittsburgh Press KW - Ballet KW - Soviet Union KW - History KW - Dance KW - Political aspects KW - HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union KW - bisacsh KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet N2 - "A fascinating glimpse at the collision of art and politics during the first fifty years of the Soviet period. Ezrahi shows how the producers and performers of Russia's two major ballet troupes quietly but effectively resisted Soviet cultural hegemony during this period"-- ER -