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  • Apollo's Angels

    A History of Ballet

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFor more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history ... Read more

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  • Prima Donna

    by Karen Swan ...
    Ballet, glamour, romance – and tragedy. Prima Donna is an enchanting, exciting story from Karen Swan, bestselling author of The Last Summer and Christmas by Candlelight.Breaking the rules was what she liked best. That was her sport. Renegade, rebel, bad girl. Getting away with it.Pia Soto is the sexy and glamorous prima ballerina, the Brazilian bombshell who's shaking up the ballet world with her ... Read more

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  • Balletto Essenziale: Guida Completa per Principianti e Appassionati

    Scopri il balletto classico: Dalle basi tecniche alla preparazione fisica e mentale. Un percorso completo per capire, praticare e vivere il balletto.

    Intraprendiamo un viaggio affascinante nel mondo del balletto classico con "Balletto Essenziale". Questa guida si rivolge sia a chi si avvicina per la prima volta a questa disciplina sia agli appassionati che desiderano approfondire le proprie conoscenze. Il libro offre un percorso strutturato per comprendere, praticare e vivere il balletto in tutte le sue sfaccettature.La guida inizia con ... Read more

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  • Paroles De Danse

    Pensées pour élèves, interprètes et enseignants de danse

    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 l’expérience d’une carrière de 33 ans dans le domaine de la danse et de l’enseignement pour partager son expérience de la performance, de l’apprentissage, de l’enseignement et de la vie ... Read more

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  • Katherine Sergava

    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

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  • Swan Dive

    The Making of a Rogue Ballerina

    "Don't expect just tulle and toe shoes. In this fascinating insider's tale, NYCB dancer Pazcoguin reveals her world. . . . A striking debut." —PeopleAward-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle.In this ... Read more

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  • Elna Jørgen-Jensen

    by Carl Behrens ...
    Carl Behrens tegner et portræt af en af dansk ballets største stjerner nogensinde Elna Jørgen-Jensen. Han fortæller, hvordan hun begyndte på balletskolen som kun 7-årig og kæmpede sig op til de allerbedste og mest prestigiøse roller på Det Kongelige Teater. Samtidig er bogen en fortælling om den af de sceniske kunstarter, der har måttet kæmpe allerhårdest for sin eksistens på Det Kongelige Teater ... Read more

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  • Zapatillas rosas

    by Karla Barboza ...
    “Zapatillas rosas” narra la historia de una pequeña niña que encuentra en el ballet una actividad que pone contento a su corazón después de haberse mudado a una nueva ciudad. La pequeña Diana trabaja con esfuerzo y dedicación para obtener el papel de bailarina principal en la puesta en escena de su academia de ballet, ¿podrá conseguir este rol? Descúbrelo en “Zapatillas rosas”. ... Read more

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  • The Evolving Feminine Ballet Body

    Dance has become increasingly visible within contemporary culture: just think of reality TV shows featuring this art form. This shift brings the ballet body into renewed focus. Historically both celebrated and critiqued for its thin, flexible, and highly feminized aesthetic, the ballet body now takes on new and complex meanings at the intersections of performance art, popular culture, and fitness. ... Read more

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  • Outros contos do balé

    by Inês Bogéa ...
    De autoria de Inês Bogéa, Outros Contos do Balé traz histórias de cinco peças indispensáveis para qualquer companhia clássica – A Sílfide, O Corsário, La Bayadère, O Quebra-Nozes e Pássaro de Fogo. A obra apresenta, ainda, mais de 70 ilustrações, alguns passos e posições, quem são os profissionais da dança e um perfil das principais companhias de balé clássico do mundo. Outros Contos do Balé ... Read more

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  • Engaging Bodies

    The Politics and Poetics of Corporeality

    Winner of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics (2014)For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has been exploring the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance. For Albright, dancing is a physical inquiry, a way of experiencing and participating in the world, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. In her ... Read more

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  • Early Days, Early Dancers

    Early Years of the National Ballet of Canada

    Early Days, Early Dancers documents the first decade of the National Ballet, focusing on the dancers of the 1950s, especially principal dancers Lois Smith, David Adams, Angela Leigh, Donald Mahler, and Celia Franca, herself a dancer and later the Company’s Artistic Director. With an enthusiastic foreword by Karen Kain, and a moving afterword by Veronica Tennant, the book includes pieces by twenty ... Read more

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  • Illuusio näyttämöllä

    Baletin juhlaa näyttämöllä ja pökerryttävää todellisuutta esiripun takana.”Astuin Makeishaltijattarena kulisseista lavalle. Yleisö kohahti ääneen. Sellaista mielihyvän tunnetta en ole sen koomin kokenut. Olin itsekin haltioissani Pähkinänsärkijän musiikista, ompelimo Ihanuksen valmistamasta, paljetein koristellusta vaaleanpunaisesta tutusta ja rouva Säilän tekemästä näkinkenkäkruunusta. Lavalle ... Read more

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  • The Dancing Gourmet

    Recipes to Keep You on Your Toes!

    by Linda Hymes ...
    Professional ballerina and Le Cordon Bleu chef Linda Hymes marries the culinary and performing arts with over 100 easy to prepare recipes. Clear and concise step-by-step instructions create casual yet elegant meals that rely on healthy ingredients and vibrant spices. This unique book is a must for every cookbook lover! ... Read more

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  • Dancing with Merce Cunningham

    Dancing with Merce Cunningham is a buoyant, captivating memoir of a talented dancer’s lifelong friendship with one of the choreographic geniuses of our time. Marianne Preger-Simon’s story opens amid the explosion of artistic creativity that followed World War II. While immersed in the vibrant arts scene of postwar Paris during a college year abroad, Preger-Simon was so struck by Merce Cunningham’s ... Read more

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  • On Stage at the Ballet

    My Life as Dancer and Artistic Director

     Dancer Robert Barnett trained under legendary choreographer Bronislava Nijinska. His professional ballet career was launched when he joined the Colonel de Basil Original Ballet Russe company. In the late 1940s, when George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet, Barnett was among the first generation of dancers. Under Balanchine's direction, he rose from corps de ballet ... Read more

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  • The Dancer's Toolkit

    A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career

    Series series The Focal Press Toolkit Series
    The Dancer's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career helps young dancers and dancers at any stage of their career prepare themselves to leap from their initial training to the professional world and begin or continue their journey with a plan and with confidence.Divided into five parts, The Dancer's Toolkit provides the logistics, experience, and encouragement necessary for ... Read more

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  • Howling Near Heaven, Second Edition

    Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance

    For more than five decades, Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. Tharp has made movies, television specials, and nearly one hundred riveting dance works. Her dance show Movin’ Out ran on Broadway for three years and won Tharp a Tony award for Best Choreography.Howling Near Heaven is the only in ... Read more

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  • Raising the Barre

    Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker

    Like generations of little girls, Lauren Kessler fell in love with ballet the first time she saw The Nutcracker, and from that day, at age five, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina. But when she was twelve, her very famous ballet instructor crushed those dreams -- along with her youthful self-assurance -- and she stepped away from the barre.Fast forward four decades. Lauren -- suddenly, powerfully ... Read more

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  • 超圖解芭蕾史中的關鍵時刻

    by 陳蒨蒨 ...
    隨書附:精美「芭蕾史關鍵時刻拉頁圖檔」,趣味插圖搭配不同國家、不同年代的芭蕾發展路徑,從古典到現代,展開一場迷你時光旅行,輕鬆掌握芭蕾跨世紀的璀璨歷程!專業推薦王雲幼 臺北藝術大學舞蹈學院教授、北京舞蹈學院特聘教授伍曼麗 中國文化大學舞蹈學系教授歐建平 中國藝術研究院舞蹈研究所名譽所長、博導* 用圖像閱讀的方式,架構出恢弘的芭蕾舞蹈歷史。* 芭蕾的發展與成形,與歐洲諸國對舞蹈的見解與詮釋息息相關。* 穿插趣味漫畫,將歷史的前因後果串聯成有趣的故事。芭蕾的故事,要從文藝復興時期的義大利貴族舞蹈開始說起,15世紀義大利的舞蹈教師皮亞琴察寫下了迄今發現最早的舞蹈書籍,人們開始遵照「合乎禮儀的規範」來學習它的節奏、形態、姿勢和步伐。17世紀的法國承繼了義大利文藝復興思潮和王公貴族贊助藝文的深厚傳統,宮廷芭蕾崛起。熱愛芭蕾的太陽王路易十四將舞蹈融入宮廷生活,將其化為貴族身分的符號與象徵 ... Read more

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  • After the Applause Stops

    Who Are You When You No Longer Do What You’Ve Been Doing for Years?

    Who are you when you no longer do what youve 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, Im going to limit my stories to those of ballet dancerstop ballet dancersbecause their situation is the most extreme, I think. They start younger, grow up in a rarified atmosphere, mostly ... Read more

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  • A Child's Introduction to the Nutcracker

    The Story, Music, Costumes, and Choreography of the Fairy Tale Ballet

    Series series A Child's Introduction Series
    Ballet enthusiasts of all ages will delight in the magical story of The Nutcracker and the magnificent ballet it inspired in this enchanted book packed with colorful illustrations, fun facts, history, music, and the love of dance.Whether The Nutcracker is your first ballet experience or you’re already a master dancer, everything you love and want to know about this special, sugar-spun, snow-dusted ... Read more

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  • Филипок

    Series series Литературное чтение 1-2 класс
    Литературное чтение — один из важнейших предметов для младших школьников, который знакомит их с лучшими образцами классической детской литературы. Этот предмет воспитывает и развивает способности учеников, помогает познать мир и самого себя. В данную серию вошли все произведения, которые являются обязательными для прочтения в 1–2 классах на уроках "Литературного чтения". ... Read more

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  • Contos do balé

    by Inês Bogéa ...
    Este livro, de autoria de Inês Bogéa, faz uma viagem no tempo, passando por cinco contos de balé – A Menina Mal Olhada, Giselle, Coppélia, O Lago dos Cisnes e Petrouchka. Nesta obra, os balés são contados às vezes por uma mulher, às vezes por um homem; outras, ainda, por um narrador, que não é homem nem mulher; e traz informações sobre a origem das coreografias, curiosidades sobre as primeiras ... Read more

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