Guest, Ivor (Forbes)
GUEST, Ivor (Forbes)
GUEST, Ivor (Forbes). British, b. 1920. Genres: Dance/Ballet. Career: Solicitor; Royal Academy of Dancing, chairman, 1969-93; British Theatre Museum, vice-chairman, 1966-77; Society of Dance Research, chairman, 1982-97; Radcliffe Trust, trustee, 1997-. Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, chevalier, 1998. Publications: Napoleon III in England, 1952; The Ballet of the Second Empire, 1858-70, 1953; The Romantic Ballet in England, 1954; The Ballet of the Second Empire, 1847-58, 1955; Fanny Cerrito, 1956; Victorian Ballet Girl, 1957; Adeline Genee, 1958; The Alhambra Ballet, 1959; The Dancer's Heritage, 1960; (ed. and co-author) La Fille mal Gardee, 1960; The Empire Ballet, 1962; A Gallery of Romantic Ballet, 1965; The Romantic Ballet in Paris, 1966; Dandies and Dancers, 1969; Carlotta Zambelli, 1969; Two Coppelias, 1970; Fanny Elssler, 1970; Pas de quatre, 1970; Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris, 1976, rev. ed., 2001; The Divine Virginia, 1977; Adeline Genee: A Pictorial Record, 1978; Lettres d'un Maitre de Ballet, 1978; Adventures of a Ballet Historian, 1982; Jules Perrot, 1984; Gautier on Dance, 1986; Gautier on Spanish Dancing, 1987; Dr. John Radcliffe and His Trust, 1991; Ballet in Leicester Square, 1992; The Ballet of the Enlightenment, 1996; Ballet under Napoleon, 2002. Address: 17 Holland Park, London W11 3TD, England. Online address: ivorguest@lodc.org