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  • Tales of a Tiller Girl Part 1 of 3

    by Irene Holland ...
    A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life.This is the story of a little girl who loved to dance. Growing up in London in the 1930s, dancing was so much more to Irene than just a hobby. It was her escape and it took her ... Read more

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  • Bloomsbury Ballerina

    Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes

    by Judith Mackrell ...
    'Mackrell's enthralling biography restores Lydia Lopokova to her rightful position centre-stage' DAILY MAIL**'**Superb ... Mackrell, with her insider's knowledge of ballet and theatre, lovingly recreates Lydia's many worlds' GAY & LESBIAN REVIEW**'**A hugely entertaining and informative study of the Ballets Russes star' SPECTATORBorn in 1891 in St Petersburg, Lydia Lopokova lived a long and ... Read more

    ₹553.64

  • Mao's Last Dancer

    by Li Cunxin ...
    Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world.When a trip to Texas as part of a rare ... Read more

    ₹525.91

  • The Europeans

    Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

    by Orlando Figes ...
    'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told ... Read more

    ₹525.91

  • The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet

    by Luke Jennings, Deborah Bull ...
    The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from Giselle and Swan Lake to Cinderella and Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev ... Read more

    ₹479.42

  • The Everyday Dancer

    by Deborah Bull ...
    The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured around the daily schedule, The Everyday Dancer goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. Starting out with the obligatory daily 'class', the book progresses through the repetition of ... Read more

    ₹479.42

  • Celestial Bodies

    How to Look at Ballet

    by Laura Jacobs ...
    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 entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a lively, ... Read more

    ₹1,272.03

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    by Charles Dickens ...
    The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the last and unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, written in a detective genre with "Gothic" elements. Диккенс wrote only a half of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, so the ending of the crime story is unknown. Ве can judge to what extent Dickens managed in disorienting the readers and literature historians by those contradictory conclusions that the most qualified ... Read more

    ₹319.00

  • Passionate Work

    Choreographing a Dance Career

    by Ruth Horowitz ...
    Corps de ballet literally means the "body" of the ballet company, and it refers to the group of dancers who are not principals. Another large group of dancers puts together portfolios of work, often across several dance companies. These categories of dancers typically don't have name recognition and yet comprise the majority of professional dancers today. The ways that they stitch together careers ... Read more

    ₹2,466.54

  • Toss in the Ether

    by Jamal Story ...
    Desperate to leave its crumbling home for a needed new studio space, a dance company short on resources but rich in talent revives a widely revered, difficult and dangerous ballet to present at an arts conference. A brilliant performance could mean security. But when Alicia, a key dancer, pushes her husband down the stairs, room is made for bigger falls than any of the dancers could imagine. With ... Read more

    ₹363.07

  • Experiencing the Art of Pas de Deux

    by Carlos M. Guerra, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg ...
    "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 sharing their life experience from a deep and very human viewpoint. Bravo!"--Donald Mahler, former director, Metropolitan Opera Ballet "Perfect for ... Read more

    ₹2,140.27

  • George Balanchine

    The Ballet Maker

    by Robert Gottlieb ...
    Series Book 48 - Eminent Lives
    "Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer and founder of The New York City Ballet.The foremost contemporary ... Read more

    ₹762.27

  • Ser danza

    Burbujas y esferas en la isla del ballet

    by Sarahí Lay Trigo ...
    ¿Cómo convertirse en primera figura de una compañía internacional de ballet? Con una mirada que trasciende lo técnico y se adentra en lo poético, Sarahí Lay Trigo nos invita a reflexionar sobre las profundidades y los secretos del mundo profesional del ballet. Lejos de un manual o tratado sobre formación dancística, Ser danza es un viaje hacia el corazón del ser que danza. A través de una ... Read more

    ₹1,299.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tiny pretty things & Shiny broken pieces

    De complete Spitzen-serie

    by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton ...
    Translated by Elsbeth Witt, Charlaine & Inouchka Kreuning ...
    Series Book 12 - Spitzen-serie
    De complete Spitzen-duologie in één bundel! Gigi, Bette en June behoren tot de beste leerlingen van hun exclusieve balletschool in Manhattan. De vrijgevochten Gigi is nieuw op school, en wil alleen maar dansen... maar dat zou weleens dodelijk voor haar kunnen zijn. Voor Bette lijkt alles in haar leven mee te zitten, maar het verlangen om haar talentvolle zus te overtreffen brengt een gevaarlijke ... Read more

    ₹1,699.00

  • Kleuterballet

    De Eerste Stappen in de Betoverende Wereld van Dans

    by Fama A.I. Salvia ...
    Translated by Fama A.I. Salvia ...
    Series Book 2 - Ballet
    Ontdek de wonderlijke wereld van ballet met "Kleuterballet: De Eerste Stappen in de Betoverende Wereld van Dans". Dit boek is een uitstekende gids voor jonge, beginnende dansers en biedt een prachtige introductie tot de kunst van kinderdans. Het is speciaal ontworpen als balletboek vanaf 5 jaar en richt zich op de eerste kennismaking met de balletschool.Dit balletlesboek begeleidt uw kind op een ... Read more

    ₹1,718.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Embracing the Balalaika

    by Stephen Volk ...
    In the vibrant heart of Moscow, a group of eclectic artists converge to navigate the intersection of tradition and innovation. Alexander Ivanovich, a war veteran with metal prosthetic hands, stumbles upon a renaissance of creativity through AI art and ballet, reigniting his passion for painting. Together with Irina Petrovna, a wheelchair-bound choreographer, they devise a ground-breaking fusion of ... Read more

    ₹824.93

  • When Ballet Became French

    Modern Ballet and the Cultural Politics of France, 1909-1939

    by Ilyana Karthas ...
    For centuries before the 1789 revolution, ballet was a source of great cultural pride for France, but by the twentieth century the art form had deteriorated along with France's international standing. It was not until Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes found success in Paris during the first decade of the new century that France embraced the opportunity to restore ballet to its former glory and ... Read more

    ₹2,584.07

  • Being a Ballerina

    The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life

    by Gavin Larsen ...
    Finalist, the Arts Club of Washington Marfield PrizeA look inside a dancer’s worldInspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and ... Read more

    ₹1,825.80

  • Katherine Sergava

    by David Arthur Walters ...
    It is true that all the world is a stage, and we had better perform truly. Madame Sergava told us the truth about our performances. That was not always pleasant, but we are better off for it on every stage we happen to stand on. This little book recounts her career and dramatic background and recites foundational truths she taught us in the basement of HB Studios in West Village. ... Read more

    ₹621.00

  • PIANO MAN

    THE BILLY JOEL STORY

    by ROBERT BOURNE ...
    From Long Island barrooms to sold-out stadiums, Piano Man charts the meteoric rise of Billy Joel, the scrappy kid with a piano and a dream who became one of America’s most enduring musical icons. With hits that defined generations and a life as dramatic as his lyrics, this electrifying biography dives deep into the music, the mayhem, and the man behind the legend. ... Read more

    ₹729.14 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • At Your Own Risk

    A Saint's Testament

    by Derek Jarman ...
    Impassioned, witty and polemical, At Your Own Risk is Derek Jarman's defiant celebration of gay sexuality.In At Your Own Risk, Derek Jarman weaves poetry, prose, photographs and newspaper extracts into a rich tapestry of gay experience in the UK. The buttoned-up repression of the fifties and sixties makes way for liberation and free love in the seventies, only to be chased by the terror and pain ... Read more

    ₹375.46

  • Raising the Barre: A Dad's Guide to Raising a Professional Ballet Dancer

    by Rick Gardinier ...
    Parents, and especially fathers, of aspiring professional ballet dancers often have nowhere to turn for practical advice. Likewise, most are ill prepared for the demands that will present themselves. The road to a professional ballet career is intense and we are often asked questions by other parents who are entering this phase. What started out as a long blog post to try to help other parents ... Read more

    ₹261.00

  • The Distance Home

    by Paula Saunders ...
    Must a child's past define their future?'Stark and beautiful . . . I haven’t read anything this good in a long time' – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FrySet on the rugged plains of South Dakota, The Distance Home is the story of René and Leon, two children who grow up side by side but end up on very different paths. René is clever, athletic, aggressive, a go-getter, the ... Read more

    ₹429.86

  • Beyond the Apsara

    Celebrating Dance in Cambodia

    Edited by Stephanie Burridge, Fred Frumberg ...
    Series series Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
    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 preserving the famous classical dances, as well as the courage and resolution of young artists who are imaginatively pursuing their passion to forge new ... Read more

    ₹7,599.62