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The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

Unexpuragated Edtiion

by Vaslav Nijinsky ...

Narrated by John Rubinstein ...

Abridged

9 hours 21 min

A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30 ... Read more

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A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30
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Kabale und Liebe

Nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Unabridged

28 min

Schillers zeitloses Drama – kompakt, verständlich und fesselnd erzählt. In nur 25 Minuten entfaltet sich die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Ferdinand und Luise, eingebettet in Intrigen, Machtspiele und gesellschaftliche Grenzen. Diese Nacherzählung führt klar durch alle zentralen Handlungsschritte, beleuchtet die wichtigsten Figuren und macht spürbar, wie unerbittlich politische Ränkespiele ... Read more

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Schillers zeitloses Drama – kompakt, verständlich und fesselnd erzählt. In nur 25 Minuten entfaltet sich die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Ferdinand und Luise, eingebettet in Intrigen, Machtspiele und gesellschaftliche Grenzen. Diese Nacherzählung führt klar durch alle zentralen Handlungsschritte, beleuchtet die wichtigsten Figuren und macht spürbar, wie unerbittlich politische Ränkespiele
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Diaghilev's Empire

How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World

by Rupert Christiansen ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav ... Read more

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Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav
... Read more
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Mary's Last Dance

The untold story of the wife of Mao's Last Dancer

by Mary Li ...

Narrated by Taylor Owynns ...

Unabridged

18 hours 32 min

'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.'Mary Li (ne� McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin published his bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer - but that book told only half the story.Growing ... Read more

$23.99 USD

'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.'Mary Li (ne� McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin published his bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer - but that book told only half the story.Growing
... Read more
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Bolshoi Confidential

Secrets of the Russian Ballet--From the Rule of the Tsars to Today

by Simon Morrison ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

17 hours 4 min

On January 17, 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, making international headlines. A lead soloist, enraged by institutional power struggles, later confessed to masterminding the crime. The scandal, though shocking, is not an anomaly in the turbulent and tormented yet magnificent history of the Bolshoi. Renowned music historian Simon ... Read more

$35.99 USD

On January 17, 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, making international headlines. A lead soloist, enraged by institutional power struggles, later confessed to masterminding the crime. The scandal, though shocking, is not an anomaly in the turbulent and tormented yet magnificent history of the Bolshoi. Renowned music historian Simon
... Read more
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Turning Pointe

How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself

by Chloe Angyal ...

Narrated by Casey Holloway ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the
... Read more
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The Swans of Harlem

Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

by Karen Valby ...

Narrated by Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Marcia Lynn Sells, January LaVoy, Khadija Tariyan McKinney G. ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our ... Read more

$22.50 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our
... Read more
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David Hallberg - Extended Interview

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

23 min

Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin badly burned and nearly blind last January. ... Read more

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Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin badly burned and nearly blind last January.
... Read more
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Maria Stuart

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

24 min

Friedrich Schillers Drama »Maria Stuart« erzählt vom Machtkampf zweier Königinnen, von politischem Kalkül, persönlicher Schuld und der Frage nach moralischer Verantwortung. Diese Hörbuchfassung bringt die komplexe Handlung konzentriert, verständlich und spannend auf eine Laufzeit von 25 Minuten. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Maria Stuart, die gefangene schottische Königin, und Elisabeth I. von England, ... Read more

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Friedrich Schillers Drama »Maria Stuart« erzählt vom Machtkampf zweier Königinnen, von politischem Kalkül, persönlicher Schuld und der Frage nach moralischer Verantwortung. Diese Hörbuchfassung bringt die komplexe Handlung konzentriert, verständlich und spannend auf eine Laufzeit von 25 Minuten. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Maria Stuart, die gefangene schottische Königin, und Elisabeth I. von England,
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Balanchine Variations

by Nancy Goldner ...

Narrated by Celeste Lawson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

Artistic profile of one of the 20th century's great choreographers. The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do.Beginning with Apollo (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and ending with one of his ... Read more

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Artistic profile of one of the 20th century's great choreographers. The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do.Beginning with Apollo (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and ending with one of his
... Read more
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Cómo aprender a bailar

by Equipo de Expertos 2100 ...

Narrated by Male synthesized voice ...

Unabridged

2 hours 39 min

Aprenda y domine los diferentes bailes europeos (vals, mazurca, polca, pasodoble, etc.), latinoamericanos (tango, samba, merengue, etc.) y norteamericanos (fox trot, twist, rock’n’roll, etc), mediante un fácil y cómodo método que le permitirá aprender sin maestro. El objetivo esencial de este libro es enseñarle los pasos fundamentales de los estilos de baile más conocidos y practicados, para que ... Read more

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Aprenda y domine los diferentes bailes europeos (vals, mazurca, polca, pasodoble, etc.), latinoamericanos (tango, samba, merengue, etc.) y norteamericanos (fox trot, twist, rock’n’roll, etc), mediante un fácil y cómodo método que le permitirá aprender sin maestro. El objetivo esencial de este libro es enseñarle los pasos fundamentales de los estilos de baile más conocidos y practicados, para que
... Read more
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Ballet

by Maja Plesner ...

Narrated by Susanne Storm ...

Unabridged

9 min

Har du prøvet at gå til ballet?Mange børn drømmer om at danse ballet. Det er en fed måde at bruge kroppen på, og du bliver stærk. Men du skal kunne lide at stå på en scene og kunne huske mange ting: smile, ranke ryggen, strække fødderne, danse de rigtige trin, smile ...Lyt med, og bliv klogere på ballettens verden. Maja Plesner er uddannet journalist og arbejder til dagligt med kommunikation og ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Har du prøvet at gå til ballet?Mange børn drømmer om at danse ballet. Det er en fed måde at bruge kroppen på, og du bliver stærk. Men du skal kunne lide at stå på en scene og kunne huske mange ting: smile, ranke ryggen, strække fødderne, danse de rigtige trin, smile ...Lyt med, og bliv klogere på ballettens verden. Maja Plesner er uddannet journalist og arbejder til dagligt med kommunikation og
... Read more
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Raising the Barre

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

by Lauren Kessler ...

Narrated by Hollis McCarthy ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good ... Read more

$16.99 USD

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good
... Read more
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A Body of Work

Dancing to the Edge and Back

by David Hallberg ...

Narrated by Vikas Adam ...

Unabridged

12 hours 11 min

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist the New York Times described as “the foremost classical stylist of our day,” presents an intimate journey through his artistic life up to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury almost cost him his career.Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot childhood—an all ... Read more

$22.95 USD

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist the New York Times described as “the foremost classical stylist of our day,” presents an intimate journey through his artistic life up to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury almost cost him his career.Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot childhood—an all
... Read more
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The Ballerina Mindset

How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence

by Megan Fairchild ...

Narrated by Megan Fairchild ...

Unabridged

3 hours

Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not ... Read more

$15.00 USD

Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not
... Read more
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Die Räuber

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

27 min

Friedrich Schillers Drama »Die Räuber« gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken der deutschen Literatur – leidenschaftlich, radikal und voller innerer Konflikte. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Geschichte straff, verständlich und spannend neu und bringt den Kern des Dramas in nur 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die unversöhnlichen Brüder Karl und Franz Moor: Idealismus und Machtgier, ... Read more

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Friedrich Schillers Drama »Die Räuber« gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken der deutschen Literatur – leidenschaftlich, radikal und voller innerer Konflikte. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Geschichte straff, verständlich und spannend neu und bringt den Kern des Dramas in nur 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die unversöhnlichen Brüder Karl und Franz Moor: Idealismus und Machtgier,
... Read more
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Ecstasy of Being, The: Mythology and Dance

Mythology and Dance

by Joseph Campbell ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

Joseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the book he was working on when he died.Dance was one of mythologist Joseph Campbell’s wide-ranging passions. His wife, Jean Erdman, was a leading figure in ... Read more

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Joseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the book he was working on when he died.Dance was one of mythologist Joseph Campbell’s wide-ranging passions. His wife, Jean Erdman, was a leading figure in
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Империя Дягилева: Как русский балет покорил мир

by Руперт Кристиансен ...

Narrated by Роман Бахусов ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

Аудиокнига известного критика и «неисправимого балетомана» не просто дань уважения Сергею Дягилеву, выдающемуся антрепренеру, театральному деятелю, знаменитой личности Серебряного века. Мастерски переплетая документальные факты и художественные элементы, автор создал живой портрет целой эпохи. Среди героев правдивой истории о легендарной антрепризе, изменившей представление о танце и ставшей ... Read more

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Аудиокнига известного критика и «неисправимого балетомана» не просто дань уважения Сергею Дягилеву, выдающемуся антрепренеру, театральному деятелю, знаменитой личности Серебряного века. Мастерски переплетая документальные факты и художественные элементы, автор создал живой портрет целой эпохи. Среди героев правдивой истории о легендарной антрепризе, изменившей представление о танце и ставшей
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På skrå brædder og bonede gulve

Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter. Erindringer

by Trine Munk-Petersen ...

Narrated by Trine Munk-Petersen, Vibeke Hastrup ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre, ... Read more

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Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre,
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Die Schwester des Tänzers

by Eva Stachniak ...

Narrated by Gabriele Blum ...

Abridged

9 hours 57 min

In der Familie Nijinsky dreht sich alles nur um eines: ums Ballett. Als Bronislawa und Waslaw um 1900 in St. Petersburg aufwachsen, bewundern sie allabendlich ihre Eltern in der Garderobe, nervös vor den Auftritten, erhitzt und gelöst danach. Auch für die beiden Kinder ist der Weg vorgezeichnet: Sie werden an der kaiserlichen Ballettakademie aufgenommen – und schon bald zeigt sich, dass besonders ... Read more

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In der Familie Nijinsky dreht sich alles nur um eines: ums Ballett. Als Bronislawa und Waslaw um 1900 in St. Petersburg aufwachsen, bewundern sie allabendlich ihre Eltern in der Garderobe, nervös vor den Auftritten, erhitzt und gelöst danach. Auch für die beiden Kinder ist der Weg vorgezeichnet: Sie werden an der kaiserlichen Ballettakademie aufgenommen – und schon bald zeigt sich, dass besonders
... Read more
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Der Ballettmeister: Erotische Novelle

by Marguerite Nousville, LUST Hörbücher ...

Narrated by Helene Hagen ...

Series series LUST
Unabridged

31 min

Heiß, verführerisch, aufwühlend:Für Balletttänzerin Anya bedeutet Tanz alles. Ihr Körper ist ein Instrument, das sie bis zur Perfektion meistert, und sie verliert nie die Kontrolle über sich selbst und ihren Körper. Bis sie eines heißen Sommers Bekanntschaft mit einem Ballettmeister aus New York macht, der sie vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht bringt... ... Read more

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Heiß, verführerisch, aufwühlend:Für Balletttänzerin Anya bedeutet Tanz alles. Ihr Körper ist ein Instrument, das sie bis zur Perfektion meistert, und sie verliert nie die Kontrolle über sich selbst und ihren Körper. Bis sie eines heißen Sommers Bekanntschaft mit einem Ballettmeister aus New York macht, der sie vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht bringt...
... Read more
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Apollo's Angels

A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

23 hours 27 min

For 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. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also ... Read more

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For 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. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also
... Read more
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Swan Dive

The Making of a Rogue Ballerina

by Georgina Pazcoguin ...

Narrated by Georgina Pazcoguin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

This program is read by the author."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 listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see ... Read more

$26.99 USD

This program is read by the author."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 listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see
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कथक योग : शालीना की नृत्यशाला

by DR.SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA ...

Narrated by डिजिटल वॉइस Hanisha G ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा ... Read more

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इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा
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