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  • 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

    R184,10

  • 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

    R204,23

  • Ballerina Body

    Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Lighter, Stronger, and More Graceful You

    In her first health and fitness book, celebrated ballerina Misty Copeland shows you how to find the motivation to get healthier and stronger, and how to refine the body you were born with to be lean, strong and flexible, with step-by-step advice, meal plans, workout routines and words of inspiration.Misty offers her own time-tested, ballet-inspired movements that are perfect for women who want to ... Read more

    R341,42

  • Bolshoi Confidential

    Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

    On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia’s most illustrious institutions into scandal.Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russia’s lengthy artistic legacy and to mirror its neo-imperial ambitions. As ... Read more

    R159,03

  • Power (The Faces of Evil 3)

    by Debra Webb ...
    Series series The Faces of Evil
    For fans of Karen Rose, Katia Lief and Mary Burton comes the latest romantic thriller from bestselling author, Debra Webb.Sometimes the truth is too dangerous to find...Things are getting better for Jess Harris. Newly appointed as Deputy Chief of Birmingham, Alabama's major crime division, she's hoping to leave the troubles of her past behind. The only problem is that her ex-lover, Police Chief ... Read more

    R98,54

  • Ballet Beautiful

    Get the strong, toned and graceful figure of a dancer – without the rigorous training!Mary Helen Bowers has helped tone and sculpt the bodies of a whole host of celebrities, including Natalie Portman for her role in Black Swan, plus Liv Tyler, Zooey Deschanel and Helena Christensen. Now, in this fantastic fitness guide, she reveals her exercise, diet and lifestyle plan for transforming your whole ... Read more

    R276,22

  • Everything is Under Control

    A Memoir with Recipes

    by Phyllis Grant ...
    ‘Grant whips up moments of intense emotion and life with the briefest of words and images. Throughout it all, food is the life source, comfort, energiser and inspiration bursting from the pages a la Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.’ Stylist ‘What a beautiful, rich, poetic memoir this is. Phyllis writes of longing, suffering, family, and food with such delicate power. Like the best chefs, ... Read more

    R176,63

  • Life in Motion

    An Unlikely Ballerina

    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

    R248,27

  • Everything You Wanted to Know About Ballet But Were Afraid to Ask

    by Grier Cooper ...
    Your burning ballet questions answered...• How do I become a professional ballet dancer?• What do ballerinas eat?or do they eat at all?• Are all men who wear tights gay?These are just a few of the questions you'll find answered here. Feel the pain of what it's like to wear pointe shoes, experience the terror of meeting hot, gun-toting guys while on tour with ballet companies in exotic, distant ... Read more

    Free

  • HOPE: Indigo Ballet Series, book #2

    by Grier Cooper ...
    Perfection. Beauty. Pain. This is life for Indigo Stevens at the famed New York School of Ballet, where there's no such thing as weakness or privacy and every movement is scrutinized and judged. Indigo hopes she'll be chosen for the company, but her ballet teachers aren't talking and their silence is confusing.When Indigo is singled out for a coveted solo she feels her dreams are finally within ... Read more

    R63,37 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    Free

  • Apollo's Angels

    A History Of Ballet

    Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century through to our own time, from Italy and France to Britain, Denmark, Russia and contemporary America. The reader learns how ballet reflected political ... Read more

    R423,65

  • Wish (Indigo Ballet Series #1)

    by Grier Cooper ...
    For Indigo Stevens, ballet classes at Miss Roberta's ballet studio offer the stability and structure that are missing from her crazy home life. At almost 16, she hopes this is the year she will be accepted into the New York School of Ballet. First she must prove she's ready, and that means ignoring Jesse Sanders – the cute boy with dimples who is definitely at the top of Miss Roberta's List of ... Read more

    R63,37 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Martha Graham in Love and War

    The Life in the Work

    by Mark Franko ...
    Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist ... Read more

    R496,67

  • The Saint of Petersburg (Dancing Dream #3)

    by Leslie DuBois ...
    Series Book 3 - Dancing Dream
    After being raised in poverty, Sonya Garrison has a dream career and the love of not one, but two gorgeous men. But when she notices how fame and fortune are turning her into the type of person she doesn't want to be, will she be strong enough to change? Can she give up everything she ever wanted, in order to go after what she really needs? ... Read more

    R72,88

  • The Boy from Kyiv

    Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet

    by Marina Harss ...
    Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The New YorkerThe Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time.“A revelatory book about how [Ratmansky] evolved into the internationally sought-after choreographer of the moment . . . A must-read.” — Martha Anne Toll, NPRAlexei Ratmansky is transforming ballet for the twenty-first ... ... Read more

    R204,57

  • A Queer History of the Ballet

    Designed for students, scholars and general readers with an interest in dance and queer history, A Queer History of the Ballet focuses on how, as makers and as audiences, queer men and women have helped to develop many of the texts, images, and legends of ballet.Presenting a series of historical case studies, the book explores the ways in which, from the nineteenth century into the twentieth, ... Read more

    R997,00

  • Danza Classica No Under 40 - El Método

    Cómo emprender un camino emocional de danza clásica para mujeres mayores de 40 años

    ¿Has pensado alguna vez que la Danza Clásica podría mejorar tu confianza interior, tu porte femenino y tu autoestima? Si tienes más de 40 años y aún no has cumplido tu sueño de bailarina, he aquí la buena noticia: no necesitas ser una adolecente ni mucho menos tener un cuerpo perfecto para bailar. El problema es que nosotras, las mujeres, somos muy buenas en juzgarnos a nosotras mismas y casi ... Read more

    Free

  • 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

    R897,27

  • Dance Appreciation

    Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary considerations of the art of dance along with enhanced discussion questions and prompts for the dance student.This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural, ... Read more

    R1 046,86

  • Dos passos da bailarina

    by Cássia Pires ...
    As histórias de uma bailarina adulta, estudos sobre a dança clássica, repertórios e discussões sobre o ballet clássico são os temas que norteiam o livro, que reúne textos publicados no blog "Dos passos da bailarina" entre 2009 e 2013. ... Read more

    R91,33

  • Danza Classica No Under 40 La Metodologia

    Come Intraprendere Un Percorso Emozionale Di Danza Classica Per Donne Sopra I 40 Anni

    Hai mai pensato che la Danza Classica possa essere in grado di migliorare la tua sicurezza interiore, il tuo portamento femminile e la tua autostima? Se hai più di 40 anni e non hai ancora realizzato il tuo sogno della danza, ecco la bella notizia: non hai bisogno di essere una ragazzina, né tantomeno avere un corpo perfetto per danzare. Il problema è che noi donne siamo molto brave, a volte, ad ... Read more

    Free

  • The Inherent Potential in Art Performance

    To Critically Challenge Art Traditions in Scenes of Love and Sexual Desire

    by Iris Julian ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based ... Read more

    R598,10

  • 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

    R292,09