Ballet books

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The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet

The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet

Author: Edmund Fairfax
ISBN: 9780810846982
Format: Hardback
$159.95

This exploration of the various styles of 18th-century dance examines the four traditional styles of theatrical...  Read More >>

Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins

Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins...

Author: Cholly Atkins ,  Jacqui Malone
ISBN: 9780231123655
Format: Paperback
$56.95

"Cholly Atkins' career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. This book tells of Cholly's boyhood and...  Read More >>

So You Want to Dance on Broadway?: Insight and Advice Form the Pros Who Know

So You Want to Dance on Broadway?: Insight and Advice...

Author: Paul
ISBN: 9780325005362
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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The Hong Kong Ballet

The Hong Kong Ballet

Author: Wang–ngai Siu
ISBN: 9789622096189
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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Choreography of Antony Tudor

Choreography of Antony Tudor

Author: Rachel S. Chamberlain Duerden
ISBN: 9780838639481
Format: Hardback
$130.68

The Choreography of Antony Tudor: Focus on Four Ballets presents both an analytical overview of the ballets created...  Read More >>

The Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo: The Golden Age of Costume and Set Design, 1938 to 1944

The Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo: The Golden Age of Costume...

Author: Jack Anderson ,  Janet Light
ISBN: 9780931537233
Format: Hardback
$132.00

The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-1962) toured from coast to coast and helped develop an enthusiastic new audience...  Read More >>

The Green Table: The Labanotation Score, Text, Photographs, and Music

The Green Table: The Labanotation Score, Text, Photographs,...

Author: Ann Hutchinson Guest
ISBN: 9780415942553
Format: Hardback
$514.80

Includes the complete dance score of famous ballet, The Green Table in Labanotation, music notation for the piano...  Read More >>

The Royal Ballet: in House

The Royal Ballet: in House

Author: Bill Cooper
ISBN: 9781840023503
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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Henning Kronstam: Portrait of a Danish Dancer

Henning Kronstam: Portrait of a Danish Dancer

Author: Alexandra Tomalonis
ISBN: 9780813025469
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Henning Kronstam's story reveals the achievement of professional and personal victory over illness, family disapproval...  Read More >>

Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World

Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a...

Author: MS Jennifer Fisher
ISBN: 9786611723019
Format: Electronic book text
$168.96

The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the...  Read More >>

Nutcracker  Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World

Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a...

Author: Associate Professor of Dance Jennifer Fisher (University of California, Irvine)
ISBN: 9781281723017
Format: Electronic book text
$84.48

The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the...  Read More >>

The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43: The Complete Ballet Music in Full Score

The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43: The Complete Ballet...

Author: Stanley Appelbaum ,  Ludwig van Beethoven
ISBN: 9780486424378
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Written early in Beethoven's career on a commission from the Viennese court's ballet-master, The Creatures of Prometheus...  Read More >>

Agrippinova Vaganova (1879-1951): Her Place in the History of Ballet and Her Impact on the Future of Classical Dance

Agrippinova Vaganova (1879-1951): Her Place in the History...

Author: Peggy Willis-Aarnio ,  Ian Robertson
ISBN: 9780773470743
Format: Hardback
$422.27

In additional to biographical information on Agrippina Vaganova, this work describes and discusses where the teaching...  Read More >>

Jose Limon: An Artist Re-viewed

Jose Limon: An Artist Re-viewed

Author: June Dunbar ,  June Dunbar
ISBN: 9780415965811
Format: Paperback
$51.00

Jose Limon is universally recognized as one of the most important modern dancers of the 20th century. This book...  Read More >>

Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey

Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha...

Author: Julia L. Foulkes
ISBN: 9780807853672
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Holding on to the Air

Holding on to the Air

Author: Suzanne Farrell ,  Toni Bentley
ISBN: 9780813025933
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary...  Read More >>

Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey

Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha...

Author: Julia L. Foulkes
ISBN: 9780807826980
Format: Hardback
$131.87

This text exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved dance to the edges of society. Through...  Read More >>

On Wings of Joy

On Wings of Joy

Author: Trudy Garfunkel (Kew Gardens Hills, New York)
ISBN: 9780759228627
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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Ballroom Dancing

Ballroom Dancing

Author: Alex Moore
ISBN: 9780713662665
Format: Hardback
$80.00

A guide to ballroom dancing. It includes all the main ballroom dances, along with versions of most dances approved...  Read More >>

Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins and Evolution

Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins...

Author: Carol Lee
ISBN: 9780415942577
Format: Paperback
$58.00

This volume is a history of the development of ballet designed for dance history courses. The discussion moves from...  Read More >>

Ballet: From the First Plie to Mastery, An Eight-Year Course

Ballet: From the First Plie to Mastery, An Eight-Year...

Author: Anna Paskevska
ISBN: 9780415942911
Format: Paperback
$43.00

Designed as a complement to a beginning student's ballet training, this book introduces fundamentals and precepts...  Read More >>

Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention

Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention

Author: Charles M Joseph
ISBN: 9780300087123
Format: Hardback
$137.28

A study of the musical collaboration of Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, who created the music and movement...  Read More >>

Undimmed Lustre: The Life of Antony Tudor

Undimmed Lustre: The Life of Antony Tudor

Author: Muriel Topaz
ISBN: 9780810841284
Format: Hardback
$171.60

A biography of Antony Tudor, a founding member of the Ballet Rambert and an important force in American Ballet Theatre....  Read More >>

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