Classical & Ballet

With the popularity of such reality TV shows as So You Think You Can Dance, dance has become increasingly visible within contemporary culture. This shift brings the ballet body into renewed focus. Historically both celebrated and critiqued for its thin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780756572594Author Christy MitchinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

From the graceful flutter of Princess Florine at Sleeping Beauty's wedding to the playful jetees in the first act of Giselle, the variation - or short solo work - is one of the key elements of classical ballet. Arguing that true artistry requires...

In 1866, when the ballet La Source debuted, the public at the Paris Opera may have been content to dream about its setting in the verdant Caucasus, its exotic Circassians, veiled Georgians, and powerful Khan. Yet the ballet's botany also played to a...

The John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection of the Harvard Theatre Collection is comprised of thousands of books, scores, librettos, playbills, illustrations, and ephemera relating to public performances that incorporate music and dance in an...

From its beginnings as an alternative and dissident form of dance training in the 1960s, Somatics emerged at the end of the twentieth century as one of the most popular and widespread regimens used to educate dancers. It is now found in dance curricula...

The relationship between the practice of dance and the technologies of representation have excited artists since the advent of film. Dancers, choreographers, and directors are increasingly drawn to screendance, the practice of capturing dance as a moving...

Eleonora Abbagnato is the prima ballerina at the Opera de Paris. This original volume reveals her artistic versatility through the photographs of four celebrated ballets. The book opens with an original interview by Valeria Crippa, journalist and ballet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955296390Author Anne HoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Sylph EditionsPublisher Sylph Editions

In 1933 choreographer George Balanchine and impresario Lincoln Kirstein embarked on an elusive quest to found a ballet company and school in the United States. Though their efforts would eventually result in the creation of the New York City Ballet and...

When Words are Inadequate is a transnational history of modern dance written from and beyond the perspective of China. Author Nan Ma extends the horizon of China studies by rewriting the cultural history of modern China from a bodily movement-based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780812968743Author Jennifer HomansFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780822962144Author Christina EzrahiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of Pittsburgh PressPublisher University of Pittsburgh Press

From mid-twentieth-century films such as Grand Hotel, Waterloo Bridge, and The Red Shoes to recent box-office hits including Billy Elliot, Save the Last Dance, and The Company, ballet has found its way, time and again, onto the silver screen and into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780756573393Author Christy MitchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 206mm *...

In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drumbeat to make a man get up and dance. Every day, men there - be they students, pedicab drivers, civil servants, or businessmen - breach ordinary standards of decorum and succumb to the...

Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar (1905-86) is recognized both as the modernizer of French ballet in the twentieth century and as the keeper of the flame of the classical tradition upon which the glory of French ballet was founded. Having...

An inside look at one of the world's great dance companies, and an intimate account of the emotional and intellectual development of a young woman dedicated to one of the most demanding of all the arts. Toni Bentley's association with the New York City...

Taking readers behind the scenes of one of the world's most exciting dance companies, this richly illustrated book also tells the incredible back story of its famed creator and his brilliant vision to weave Cuban culture and history into classical and...

The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail for the very first time. 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner. Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins stand as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906830588Author Olga RacsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint The Noverre PressPublisher The Noverre PressWeight(grams) 470gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648918636Author HowexpertFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint HowexpertPublisher HowexpertWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496733603Author Judy TyrusFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Modern dance pioneer Horton (1906-53) was one of the most innovative choreographers and teachers of his time, training greats such as Ailey, Joyce Trisler, Carmen de Lavallade, and Bella Lewitzky. Here for the first time, all aspects of his special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486256801Author Igor StravinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852730444Author Vera S. KostrovitskayaFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Dance Books LtdPublisher Dance Books LtdWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm)...

Ballet in Western Culture is a history of the development of ballet designed for dance history courses. After a brief discussion of the origins of dance through the middle ages, the author then traces the beginnings of ballet to Renaissance spectacle in...

When still a young dancer in the New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer was chosen by George Balanchine to lecture, demonstrate, and teach - he recognized in her that rare dancer who not only performs superbly but can also successfully pass along what she...

In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cultural exchange, arranged by the governments of the US and USSR as part of their Cold War strategies. This...

Growing out of the 1960s avant-garde and counterculture, contact improvization is an underground, experimental movement in modern dance that captures artistic and social forces in transition. Cynthia Novack considers the development of this dance form...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906830892Author Cyril W BeaumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint David LeonardPublisher David LeonardWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

The relationship between the practice of dance and the technologies of representation has excited artists since the advent of film. Dancers, choreographers, and directors are increasingly drawn to screendance, the practice of capturing dance as a moving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906830915Author Victor DandreFormat HardbackPage Count 422Imprint David LeonardPublisher David LeonardWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

Since the mid-80s, Prapto's moving/dancing has delighted and inspired thousands of people in the West (as well as many more in his native Java) who have witnessed, worked with or been otherwise influenced by his Amerta Movement practice. But what is...

The Royal Ballet Yearbook series is back, with extra editorial features and exclusive behind-the-scenes content - in addition to the usual selection of beautiful ballet images. Featuring lavish photographs of last Season's performances, a special...

Dramaturgy in Motion innovatively examines the work of the dramaturg in contemporary dance and movement performance. Katherine Profeta, a working dramaturg for more than fifteen years, shifts the focus from asking "Who is the dramaturg?" to...

How do teachers create a classroom environment that promotes collaborative and inquiry-based approaches to learning ballet? How do teachers impart the stylistic qualities of ballet while also supporting each dancer's artistic instincts and development of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593315293Author Toni BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost...

In most forms of dancing, performers carry out their steps with a distance that keeps them from colliding with each other. Dancer, Steve Paxton in the 1970s considered this distance a territory for investigation. His study of intentional contact resulted...