DANCE CHRONICLE FORUM: LETTERS AND COMMENTS: REPRESENTING BACCELLI

[...] it needs to be remembered that gossip about Baccelli, even at its most salacious, was no worse than that circulated about the leading ladies of fashion, politicians, wellknown performers at the Theatres-Royal, committed eccentrics, and many other men and women whose activities brought them int...

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Published in:Dance chronicle 2008-01, Vol.31 (1), p.84
Main Author: Lehmann, Caitlyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dance
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Women
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Summary:[...] it needs to be remembered that gossip about Baccelli, even at its most salacious, was no worse than that circulated about the leading ladies of fashion, politicians, wellknown performers at the Theatres-Royal, committed eccentrics, and many other men and women whose activities brought them into the focus of public interest. London offered a woman of great personal beauty, whose personality endeared her to men and women from a variety of backgrounds, a degree of social and material comfort not easily matched even by those cities where support for ballet and opera was well established.
ISSN:0147-2526
1532-4257