Ballet Books

"Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov" (Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters), Volume 1912, offers a comprehensive look into the world of Russian theater and ballet during a pivotal era. This volume provides invaluable insights into the performances,...

Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet in one act by Maurice Ravel, published in 1913. This edition contains fragments symphoniques from the second series, including "Lever du jour - pantomime - dance générale." Ravel's masterful score brings...

Rediscover some of the most courageous dancers of the twentieth century"Providing a broad examination of the solo that spans the twentieth century, the expertly curated essays in this volume bring to light specific soloists' work while also reflecting...

A series of interviews with some of the foremost dancers in twentieth-century ballet, Never Far from Dancing reflects on the paths that their careers have taken since they retired from the stage. Barbara Newman has expertly edited each of her interviews...

This book celebrates and documents the resurgence of dance in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and the infamous Pol Pot regime. It honours the remarkable commitment of the few remaining masters of the art of dance who are reviving and...

Paroles De Danse est une collection de mots de sagesse, d'inspiration, de motivation et d'humour pour les danseurs de tous niveaux. Le professeur de danse, auteur et blogueur Francisco De La Calleja, s’appuie sur...

Celebrating the diversity of dance across the South Pacific, this volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals in the islands. In particular, it focuses on the interplay of...

"What a superb and inspiring book this is! It is a celebration of the art of teaching ballet and it will delight anyone who is interested in classical dancing. . . . It is by a dancer, for dancers, about dancing, and we should be grateful to Gretchen...

Who are you when you no longer do what you’ve been doing for years? It is the big question facing anyone who retires. It is something any retiree can relate to, and any retiree could have a story here. However, I’m going to limit my...

This book contains the fundamentals of Indian classical dance, specifically Bharatanatyam. Covered topics include the eight classical dances forms of Bharat, origin of dance, hasta mudras, music in dance, legends and gurus in the field, abhinaya,...

SabrinaIn this heartwarming story of perseverance, faith, and passion, Sabrina embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she prepares for the biggest audition of her life. Struggling to catch onto a complex dance routine, Sabrina nearly gives up-but with...

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own...

The Diaghilev Ballet existed from 1909 to 1929; and from its beginningto its end Serge Grigoriev acted as régisseur-that is to say he was responsible for every aspect of the venture save its finance. In theearly 1950s he began reading back among the...

Karen Morell's professional career began when she auditioned with the New York City Ballet for the San Francisco production of "The Nutcracker" when just a child. By 16 she was living in New York and had several local performances to her...

In the early years of the twentieth century, two dancers at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburgh, the brothers Nikolai and Sergei Legat, produced a series of (mostly) affectionate caricatures of their fellow artists. The caricatures were initially...

Le Violon Du Diable est un roman �����crit en 1849 par Cesare Pugni et Arthur Michel Saint-Leon. L'histoire se d�����roule ������ Paris et suit les aventures de deux amis, le violoniste Charles et le danseur Jacques, qui tombent tous les deux amoureux de...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

When Serge Diaghilev decided to produce for his 1921London season a revival of Petipa's 'Sleeping Beauty', heturned to the great Russian designer Léon Bakst to providethe scenery and costumes. In the incredibly short time ofjust six weeks Bakst produced...

Ever since she was a toddler, Little Carol Anne Smith has always loved to move her legs around and dance. Her mother, Candace, gets wind of this and one day in early 2022, she enrolls Carol Anne in a ballet school in their quiet, little suburban New York...

In this unprecedented volume, Professor Thomas Hagood brings together the voices of key dance educators to express their views on the legacy of dance education. The book examines the values and practices dance educators live with, and what values and...

Fett weg in 14 TagenDu bist es Leid, dass deine Hosen ständig zu eng sind? Du möchtest am Strand einen Bikini und keinen Badeanzug tragen - und darin eine tolle Figur machen? Du möchtest endlich den Speck weg bekommen, der dir schon seit...

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - and. Länder - Neuzeit, Absolutismus, Industrialisierung, Note: B, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In diesem Aufsatz wird untersucht, inwiefern dem Monarchen Ludwig XIV. seine Rolle im...

The Ballet Dancer's Husband is a play written by Ernest Feydeau in 1880. The play revolves around the character of Monsieur Pontagnac, a married man who becomes enamored with a beautiful ballet dancer named Lucienne. Despite being married himself,...

Vivian Ladoe is a liar.Professional dance careers start early-very early. At twenty-four, she should have already established herself in a company, but she is still hoping for her big break. When Ellapond Dance Company casts her as their new principal...

I must have gone plumb mad in my late forties. I was living a luxurious life on a modest income in paradise, watching the whales blow by, when I felt my life was being wasted, so I decided to get rid of my possessions and move to New York City to become...

First published in 1944, this classic book remains the definitive work on the masterpiece of the Romantic Ballet, Giselle.The book is in two parts, the first dealing with the original 1841 production, the second with technical and critical aspects of the...

Lavender sueña con ser una bailarina de ballet. Trabaja muy duro para formar parte de la Compañía de Ballet de la Nación Mariposa. La Compañía de Ballet de la Nación Mariposa es una presentación futurista cuando los planetas son dejados a su propia...

This book provides a detailed study of Uday Shankar's works in his autumn years (1960-1977), which remain largely un-documented.

THE LURE OF PERFECTION: FASHION AND BALLET, 1780-1830 offers a unique look at how ballet influenced contemporary fashion and women's body image, and how street fashions in turn were reflected by the costumes worn by ballet dancers. Through years of...

For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and...

... Que veux-tu ? le Mardi gras n'arrive pas tous les jours, et c'est pour vous faire passer votre soirée un peu plus gaîment, que je vous ai raconté aujourd'hui deux combats navals de plus qu'à l'ordinaire...

UNLOCK THE ART OF DANCE AND TRANSFORM YOUR MOVEMENTS INTO MESMERIZING PERFORMANCES.Do you dream of captivating audiences with your dance? Are you eager to explore the depths of emotional expression through movement? Do you want to master the techniques...

Imagination is funny. It makes writers write stories―stories with endings that don't work. And romance stories don't always have happy endings, no matter how much we wish it to be otherwise. When writer Charlie Hudson (CK Hudson to her adoring readers)...

Serge Oukrainsky was born in 1885, in Odessa, Russia. He trained in Paris with Ivan Clustine and first appeared as a mime at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1911. He danced with Pavlova's company from 1913 to 1915 as both soloist and one of Pavlova's...

Dainty ballerinas look sad and boring without colors; so liven them up with hues of your choice! Coloring is a wonderful activity that promotes hand and eye coordination, fine motor and communication skills too. It also encourages the development of...

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of black masculinity and sexual passing in American contemporary dance.

"An insightful read from one of the ballet world's most beloved married couples!"--Melinda Roy, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet"Wonderfully complete and instructive, written by two artists who have lived what they write about and are...

Pina Bausch's work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material...

These highly entertaining memoirs of Marius Petipa, the great Franco-Russian choreogapher had never before been translated into English before their first publication in 1958.As virtual dictator of the Russian ballet in the second half of the 19th...

Le livre ""Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets"" de Jean Georges Noverre a �����t����� publi����� en 1760. Il s'agit d'une collection de lettres �����crites par Noverre, un danseur et chor�����graphe fran�����ais, dans lesquelles il exprime ses...

Memoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis. Renée Nicholson's professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of...

This is the book of reminiscences of the Ballets Russes which MrBeaumont, as the best qualified man in England, has, for the last tenyears, been urged to write. Readers will find that it is more intimateand personal than any of Mr Beaumont’s...

This vintage book is a fascinating treatise on ballet. It delves into the colourful history of ballet in ancient societies and explores its development throughout the ages from the dances of the Egyptians to modern opera. "The History Of Dance - Ballet"...