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  • Apollo's Angels

    A History of Ballet

    by Jennifer Homans ...
    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

    S$ 14.60 SGD

  • The Royal Ballet: 75 Years

    by Zoë Anderson ...
    This book is a perceptive and critical account of the first 75 years of The Royal Ballet, tracing the company's growth, and its great cultural importance - an indispensable book for all lovers of ballet.In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it became - was established as one of the world's great companies. It has ... Read more

    S$ 15.36 SGD

  • Ballroom Dancing

    by Alex Moore ...
    A guide to ballroom dancing. It includes all the main ballroom dances,along with versions of most dances approved for championships. Thereare diagrams showing every step from both the male and femaleperspective. This tenth edition is revised and updated. ... Read more

    S$ 67.79 SGD

  • Daria Klimentova - The Agony and the Ecstasy

    by Daria Klimentova ...
    Daria Klimentová's sizzling chemistry with Russian dancer Vadim Muntagirov, who is nearly 20 years her junior, has reignited the prima ballerina's career - and marks a metamorphosis after her Black Swan-style torments depicted in BBC Four's Agony and Ecstasy, the gripping documentary series aired last year. There has been a metamorphosis since the 'old ballerina' allowed herself to be browbeaten ... Read more

    S$ 8.49 SGD

  • Life in Motion

    An Unlikely Ballerina

    by Misty Copeland ...
    When Misty Copeland first placed her hands on the ballet barre at an after-school community centre, no one expected the undersized, underprivileged and anxious thirteen-year-old to become one of America's most groundbreaking dancers. A true prodigy, she was attempting in months roles that take most dancers years to master. But when Misty became caught between the control and comfort she found in ... Read more

    S$ 18.74 SGD

  • A Company of Swans

    Classic historical romance about love, freedom and ballet

    by Eva Ibbotson ...
    **A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance, from bestselling award-winner Eva Ibbotson.'Her books are utterly delightful' – Daily Mail**In the grey, scholarly world of Cambridge in 1912, Harriet Morton has lived her whole life under the strict rule of her widowed father and miserly aunt. When she is offered the opportunity to dance with the corps de ballet ... Read more

    S$ 16.01 SGD

  • Rudolf Nureyev

    The Life

    by Julie Kavanagh ...
    NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily TelegraphBorn on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage.Nureyev's achievements and conquests became legendary: he rose out of Tatar peasant poverty to become the Kirov's thrilling ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • Ballet Confidential

    A personal behind-the-scenes guide

    by David McAllister ...
    Beyond the formidable combination of tulle and lycra, how much can an audience ever truly understand about the demands of being a ballet dancer? What really is the pain and pleasure of pointe shoes and jockstraps? Can a wardrobe malfunction derail a scene? What happens when injury sidelines a principal dancer mid-show? Here is your tell-all guide, an all-access pass for ballet lovers and the ... Read more

    S$ 14.60 SGD

  • Different Drummer

    The Life of Kenneth MacMillan

    by Jann Parry ...
    Kenneth MacMillan's ballets are in constant demand by world-famous companies, particularly Romeo and Juliet, Manon and Mayerling. However, MacMillan was tormented by an acute sense of being an outsider, and often at odds with the institutions in which he worked.A real-life Billy Elliot from a Scottish working class family, MacMillan demonstrated a prodigious talent for dancing from an early age. ... Read more

    S$ 23.32 SGD

  • Balanchine & the Lost Muse

    Revolution & the Making of a Choreographer

    by Elizabeth Kendall ...
    Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's Balanchine & the ... Read more

    S$ 30.07 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • Alla Osipenko

    Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet

    by Joel Lobenthal ...
    Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet State. She studied with Agrippina Vaganova, the most revered and influential of all Russian ballet instructors, and in 1950, she joined the Mariinsky (then-Kirov) Ballet, where her lines, shapes, and movements both exemplified the venerable traditions ... Read more

    S$ 37.92 SGD

  • The Place of Dance

    A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making

    by Andrea Olsen, Caryn McHose ...
    The Place of Dance is written for the general reader as well as for dancers. It reminds us that dancing is our nature, available to all as well as refined for the stage. Andrea Olsen is an internationally known choreographer and educator who combines the science of body with creative practice. This workbook integrates experiential anatomy with the process of moving and dancing, with a particular ... Read more

    S$ 3.82 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Treatise on the Art of Dancing

    Mastering the Art of Dance: Techniques, History, and Insights

    by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini ...
    In *A Treatise on the Art of Dancing*, Giovanni-Andrea Gallini presents a comprehensive exploration of dance as both an artistic and social practice in 18th-century Europe. Gallini's prose is characterized by an elegant yet accessible style, deftly intertwining technical details with philosophical musings about the role of dance in society. Throughout the treatise, he discusses various dance forms ... Read more

    S$ 2.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Léon Bakst. L'art du théatre et de la danse

    by Elisabeth Ingles ...
    Le début du XX° siècle connaît une explosion sans précédent de créativité artistique: arts plastiques, littérature, musique. Venus conquérir l'Europe et les Amériques, les Ballets russes révolutionnèrent la scénographie par des décors et des costumes, lumineux et raffinés, imprégnés d'orientalisme et influencés des miniatures persanes. Accompagnant Diaghilev, Léon Bakst s'imposa comme le plus ... Read more

    S$ 16.99 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Child's Introduction to the Nutcracker

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

    by Heather Alexander ...
    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

    S$ 15.79 SGD

  • Balletbogen. Bind 1

    by Erik Aschengreen ...
    "Hvorfor skal man læse om dans? Kan man ikke nøjes med at se og opleve? Det ene udelukker ikke nødvendigvis det andet, og oplevelser, man får ved at se dans, kan – som alle andre kunstoplevelser – forstærkes og perspektiveres, når man for eksempel læser om værket, om kunstneren, om musikken, koreografen eller den tid, en ballet skriver sig ind i.""Balletbogen" er en grundbog for alle ... Read more

    S$ 14.92 SGD

  • Филипок

    by Лев Толстой ...
    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

    S$ 1.98 SGD

  • The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100

    by alex trostanetskiy ...
    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... Read more

    S$ 5.49 SGD

  • Nijinsky's Feeling Mind

    The Dancer Writes, The Writer Dances

    by Nicole Svobodny ...
    Series series Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
    Nijinsky's Feeling Mind: The Dancer Writes, The Writer Dances is the first in-depth literary study of Vaslav Nijinsky's life-writing. Through close textual analysis combined with intellectual biography and literary theory, Nicole Svobodny puts the spotlight on Nijinsky as reader. She elucidates Nijinsky's riffs on Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche, equating these intertextual connections to ... Read more

    S$ 41.30 SGD

  • Ballet in the Cold War

    A Soviet-American Exchange

    by Anne Searcy ...
    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 book explores the first tours of the exchange, by the Bolshoi in 1959 and 1962, by American Ballet Theatre in 1960, and by New York City Ballet in ... Read more

    S$ 40.86 SGD

  • Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes

    In Search of a Lost Life

    by Judith Chazin-Bennahum ...
    René Blum and the Ballets Russes documents the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and producer who resurrected the Ballets Russes after Diaghilev died. Based on a treasure trove of previously undiscovered letters and documents, the book not only tells the poignant story of Blum's life, but also illustrates the central role Blum played in the development of dance in the United States. ... Read more

    S$ 58.20 SGD

  • Paroles De Danse

    Pensées pour élèves, interprètes et enseignants de danse

    by Francisco De La Calleja ...
    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

    S$ 13.74 SGD

  • On Wings of Joy

    The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today

    by Trudy Garfunkel ...
    "A lucid and interesting history" of ballet—from sixteenth-century French Royalty to contemporary masters—"that reads like a novel" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this engaging history of dance, readers are introduced to the major performers, choreographers, and composers who influenced the development of ballet. Beginning with the birth of the art in the sixteenth-century French court of Catherine d' ... Read more

    S$ 11.11 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus