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Indy once again finds himself undercover, but this time he’s posing as a dancer for the Ballets Russes in Spain. Charged with discrediting some German diplomats, Indy teams up with some fellow spies whose skills, as it turns out, are anything but adequate. Indy is then sent off to Prague where he is ordered to answer a specific phone at a specific place and time. Indy arrives to discover that there is no phone in the designated location. He then encounters the difficulties of dealing with bureaucracies and the never-ending paperwork as he attempts to get a phone installed. In the process of completing his mission, Indy enlists the aid of future writer, Franz Kafka.
Key Topics: | Espionage in World War I; Bureaucracies; Ballet |
Historic People: | Pablo Picasso-- Spanish painter and creator of cubism. |
People and Topics
DescriptorSpanish painter and co-founder of cubism. Often regarded as one of the most well known painters of the twentieth century, Picasso's style forever changed the direction of art. His personal life is equally as fascinating and controversial as his art. BooksKarmel, Pepe. Picasso and the Invention of Cubism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Richardson, John. A Life of Picasso Volume I: 1881-1906. New York: Random House, 1991. Richardson, John. A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917. New York: Random House, 1996. Websites |
DescriptorControversial writer whose posthumously published works expressed his feelings on 20th Century man. Many of his works are unfinished and contain parts that stop mid-sentence. Rather than being a hindrance, such occurrences add to the allure and mystery of Kafka's writing. Most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle. BooksBrod, Max. Franz Kafka, A Biography. New York: Schocken Books, 1963. Kafka, Franz. The Trial. Trans. Breon Mitchell. New York: Schocken, 1998. Websites |
DescriptorBallet's origins can be traced back to Renaissance Europe (approx. 1400-1600's). A formal dance technique known for its choreography, which includes mime, acting, and performances to music. Popular ballets include: The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. BooksKodicek, Ann. Diaghilev: Creator of the Ballet Russes. Great Britain: Barbican Art Gallery and Lund Humphries Publishers, 1996. Joseph, Charles M. Stravinsky & Balanchine: A Journey of Invention. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Websites |
DescriptorBallet Impresario (financier), patron, and critic, Sergei Diaghilev almost spent his life as a lawyer. Instead, his interest in music and privileged background led him to found one of history's most influential ballet companies, the Ballets Russes. Many of ballet's best choreographers began their careers in the Ballets Russes. Examples include: George Balanchine, Léonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska, and Vaslav Nijinsky. Diaghilev is also noted for using the musical talents of Igor Stravinsky in many of his ballets. BooksKodicek, Ann. Diaghilev: Creator of the Ballet Russes. Great Britain: Barbican Art Gallery and Lund Humphries Publishers, 1996. Scheijen, Sjeng. Diaghilev: A life. Profile Books, 2009. Websites |
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Documentary Previews
Below you will find information about each documentary that supplements Espionage Escapades.
Impresario: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Fearless, strong-willed and always a champion of the modern, Sergei Diaghilev discovered a talented group of artists and inspired them to reach new creative heights. Diaghilev wasn't a dancer, choreographer or composer, but he was the impresario, and the show couldn't go on without him. Together, they shaped ballet into a new art form, leaving an indelible mark on art for the 20th Century. Produced and written by David O'Dell. Running Time: (0:28:13) |
Ballet: The Art of Dance | Beautiful and effortless, ballet is one of the world's most elegant art forms -- the human body as poetry in motion. Achieving and maintaining the artful illusion of ballet is all-important; but it's just that, an illusion meant to appear effortless. What kind of commitment does it take for dancers to master the unmistakable yet rigorous style of ballet? And where does that commitment lead young dancers in their pursuit of excellence? Produced and written by David O'Dell. Running Time: (0:32:16)  |
Franz Kafka's Dark Truth | Franz Kafka had made his living as an attorney in an insurance company, where he'd eked out an obscure and unexceptional life. But when the lawyer put pen to paper, the writer conjured a disturbing world where the absurd was commonplace and reality a nightmare. Since his death, Franz Kafka's work has become enormously influential. It remains unrivaled for its intensity, modernity and prescience. Produced and written by Adam Sternberg. Running Time: (0:31:21)
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Indy Connections: Espionage Escapades
Below are current event articles that relate to events, topics, and people found in Espionage Escapades.
The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue
Smithsonian.com
10/3/2012
The six CIA officers were sweating. It was almost noon on a June day in the Middle Eastern capital, already in the 90s outside and even hotter inside the black sedan where the five men and one woman sat jammed in together. Sat and waited.
An Unforgettable Photo of Martha Graham
Smithsonian.com
6/1/2011
Barbara Morgan's 1940 image of Martha Graham in the ballet Letter to the World may be the most famous photograph ever taken of an American dancer. It ranks, in honor, with Ansel Adams' photographs of Yosemite and Walker Evans' of small-town churches, and it bears much the same message: Americans' belief in the flinty, frank truth of their vision of life, as opposed, say, to European decorativeness and indirection.
Australia's oldest man, World War I veteran Claude Choules dies at 110
perthnow.com.au
5/5/2011
WA's national treasure Claude Choules, Australia's oldest man and the world's last surviving World War I veteran, has died in Perth aged 110. Mr Choules was a man who made the best of life and devoted himself to his family and country. His fighting spirit helped him survive two world wars, and also live long enough to become the oldest man in WA and the last World War I veteran living in Australia.
CIA recipe for invisible ink among newly released WWI-era documents
washingtonpost.com
4/19/2011
So you want to open sealed envelopes without getting caught? Here's the secret, according to one of the six oldest classified documents in possession of the Central Intelligence Agency: "Mix 5 drams copper acetol arsenate. 3 ounces acetone and add 1 pint amyl alcohol (fusil-oil). Heat in water bath - steam rising will dissolve the sealing material of its mucilage, wax or oil." But there's a warning for the intrepid spy: "Do not inhale fumes."
Frank Buckles, last American veteran of World War I, dies at 110
latimes.com
3/1/2011
Frank Woodruff Buckles, a onetime Missouri farm boy who was the last known living American veteran of World War I, has died. He was 110. Buckles, who later spent more than three years in a Japanese POW camp as a civilian in the Philippines during World War II, died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va., family spokesman David DeJonge said.
Ten Inventions That Inadvertently Transformed Warfare
Smithsonian.com
9/19/2010
Bayonet: In the early 17th century, sportsmen in France and Spain adopted the practice of attaching knives to their muskets when hunting dangerous game, such as wild boar. The hunters particularly favored knives that were made in Bayonnet a small French town near the Spanish border long renowned for its quality cutlery.
The Great Ballerina Was Not the Greatest Revolutionary
Smithsonian.com
6/18/2010
Dame Margot Fonteyn is still remembered as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, revered worldwide for her duets with Rudolf Nureyev and still seen as a national treasure in her native Britain. Her role in a plot to overthrow the pro-U.S. government of Panama in 1959 was all but forgotten until recently, when Britain's National Archives released formerly classified British diplomatic cables on the matter.
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