Dien Bien Phu, Soviet Ballet, and the Cold War
The First Paris Tour, May 1954
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11211193 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stéphanie Gonçalves (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-77 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Chronicle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-2526 • E-ISSN: 1532-4257 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01472526.2019.1576461 |
| OpenAlex | W2942796054 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In May 1954, the battle of Dien Bien Phu in Indochina led French governmental authorities to cancel the first tour to Paris by any Soviet ballet troupe since World War II. Drawing from press accounts as well as material in diplomatic archives and the Paris Opera, this essay explores the negotiations behind the tour, its last-minute cancellation after the Soviet dancers had reached Paris, and French reaction to the aborted tour. In particular, I examine the political considerations of the early Cold War period that prematurely terminated the French-Soviet efforts to conduct dance diplomacy
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Ballet · Battle · Cold war · Dance · Diplomacy · Economic history · Humanities · Negotiation · Opera · Political science · Politics · Victory · Visual arts · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
After Stalin's Death
American Soviet Cultural Diplomacy
Physical Culture and Sport in Soviet Society
Politics Promote Dance
Dancing Diplomacy
Dancing Art and Politics Behind the Iron Curtain
Beyond Boycotts
The French Communist Party
The Last Valley
American-Soviet cultural diplomacy. The Bolshoi ballet’s American premiere
Ballet Nations
Serge Lifar et la question de la collaboration avec les autorités allemandes sous l'Occupation (1940-1949)
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |