Classical & Ballet

This autobiography by Leanne Benjamin with Sarah Crompton reveals the extraordinary life and career of one of the worlds most important ballet dancers of the past fifty years. The book takes you behind the scenes to find a real understanding of the...

Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night. ...

The Art of Movement is an exquisitely designed, beautifully produced book that captures the movement, flow, energy, and grace of many of the most accomplished dancers in the world. These are the artists, from all walks of life, who are defining dance...

Sir Frederick Ashton, Britain's greatest choreographer, was a major figure on the cultural landscape of the twentieth century and his influence extended far beyond the world of dance. Julie Kavanagh traces Ashton's progress with a keen and sympathetic...

Reviews of classic performances, premieres, and extraordinary moments, critiquing the stars and the choreographers. Some are riotously funny as, after all, 'someone had to say it!' The book also features longer appreciations of key influences in the...

'Swan Dive is to ballet what Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential was to restaurants, a chance to go behind the serene front of house to the sweaty, foul-mouthed, psychofrenzy backstage.' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesAward-winning New York City Ballet...

From renowned photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, the husband-and-wife team behind The Art of Movement, comes this book for fans of dance and fashion alike; it features today s greatest dancers wearing couture creations from today s most celebrated...

In Humanizing Ballet Pedagogies, Jessica Zeller offers a new take on the ballet pedagogy manual, examining how and why ballet pedagogies develop, considering their implications for students and teachers, and proposing processes by which readers can enact...

Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome...

Ed Watson, Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet for over 20 years is a unique talent; a widely celebrated collaborator in dance, photography and fashion. Each illustrated essay of this gorgeous volume focuses on a distinct aspect of Watson's career...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486431772Author Cyril W.Beaumont & StanisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036708Author Chloe AngyalFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm) 238mm * 156mm *...

Predominantly white casting in ballet has led many to wonder, "Where are all the black swans?" This book sheds light on female dancers of colour, including thirteen primary accounts from African American, Latina, and Asian women in ballet. Topics covered...

This magnificent new biography of the extraordinary impresario of the arts and creator of the Ballets Russes 100 years ago draws on important new research, notably from Russia. 'Scheijen masterfully recounts the phenomenal way in which Diaghilev...

The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School which trained Nureyev Baryshnikov and Makarova including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher scholar or student of the dance can afford to miss. A...

An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2 May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect...

In more than 2600 photographs, professional dancers (from such companies as the American Ballet Theatre and the Jaffrey Ballet) demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire, from the most basic to the most advanced. Each photograph...

The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Inspired by the unique vision of their founder Sergei Diaghilev, the company gained a large international following. In the...

Young dancers have fallen in love with this charming, illustrated exploration of the world's great ballets. Featuring twenty-five famous and beloved pieces such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf and Fancy Free, these stories bring iconic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143136040Author Megan FairchildFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Get the strong, toned and graceful figure of a dancer - without the rigorous training! Mary Helen Bowers has helped tone and sculpt the bodies of a whole host of celebrities, including Natalie Portman for her role in Black Swan, plus Liv Tyler, Zooey...

Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples...

Celebrating the dual art forms of ballet and fashion, this beautiful book explores the creative collaborations between the New York City Ballet and top fashion designers of our age, including Valentino, Dries Van Noten, and Olivier Theyskens among others...

"Ballet inspires me. Human beings have the capacity to express themselves through many art forms, but when it comes to dance - and especially classical modern ballet - I am always amazed by that unbelievably elevated form of expression. It's so precise...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2023 From the author of Apollo's Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an intimate portrait of the man behind the mythology, set against the vibrant backdrop of the century that...

Alexei Ratmansky is "the most sought-after man in ballet" (The New Yorker). A former artistic director at the Bolshoi Ballet and the resident choreographer at American Ballet Theatre, and now the incoming artist in residence at New York City Ballet,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861513311Author Elfrida Eden FallowfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm)...

___ An innocent woman sent to the Gulag. A passion that gave her the will to survive. 'Shattering, cinematic and brave' Simon Morrison, author of Bolshoi Confidential ___ Nina Anisimova was one of Russia's most intriguing ballerinas and one of the...

A charmingly illustrated exploration of The Nutcracker ballet, from the story to the characters to the music, for kids aged 8 - 12 to enjoy. The Nutcracker is one of the world's most beloved and recognizable ballets. A holiday perennial, it is frequently...

The powerfully moving story of the Russian Jewish choreographer who used dance to challenge despotism Everyone has heard of George Balanchine, but few outside Russia know of Leonid Yakobson, Balanchine's contemporary and arguably his equal, who remained...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608688890Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

The true story of one couple's fight for survival in Stalin's Russia: a famous ballerina, sent to the Gulag, and her husband, who found a way to save her against all odds.Book InformationISBN 9781783965571Author Christina EzrahiFormat HardbackPage Count...

La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer. Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761041914Author Mary LiFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

For fans of Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'The kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!' MISTY COPELAND'Vibrant, propulsive and inspiring' TIA WILLIAMSHarlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486218434Author Gail GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 190gDimensions(mm)...

Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg offers fascinating new looks at five classic story ballets: Giselle (1841), Paquita (1846), Le Corsaire (1856), La Bayadere (1877), and Raymonda (1898), drawing on a treasure trove of manuscripts that offer...

The cultural Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West was without precedent. At the outset of this original and wide-ranging historical survey, David Caute establishes the nature of the extraordinary cultural competition set up post-1945 between...

With a global membership of 14,000 and a presence in 84 countries, the Royal Academy of Dance has grown from its foundation in 1920 into one of the world's most influential dance education organisations. This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates 100...

One of the most important ballet choreographers of all time, Marius Petipa (1818 - 1910) created works that are now mainstays of the ballet repertoire. Every day, in cities around the world, performances of Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty draw large...