"This book grew out of the symposium ... held at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm from 8 to 12 June 1998"--Page [viii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: History -- The founding of the Royal Swedish Ballet: Development and decline, 1773-1833 / Gunilla Roempke -- A delicate balance: The romantic ballet in Stockholm, 1833-1864 / Erik Aschengreen -- Downfall and stagnation, 1864-1913 / Jane Pritchard -- International or proudly national? 1913-1948 / Eva Lundgren -- Jean Börlin and Les Ballets Suédois, 1920-1925 / George Dorris -- The renaissance of the ballet, 1948-1964 / Anna Greta Ståhle -- America in Sweden, 1964-1975 / Clive Barnes -- Back to Europe, 1975-1998 / Cecilia Olsson -- Part 2: Reconstruction -- Some sources of dance technique for reconstructing eighteenth-century ballets / Regina Beck-Friis -- Some sources for reconstructing Commedia dell'Arte ballets / Ivo Cramér -- Twentieth-century reconstructions: Poetic justice for Jean Börlin / Kenneth Archer, Appendix: Directors and principal dancers of the Royal Swedish Ballet, 1773-1998.