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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

    R189,51

  • 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

    R196,06

  • 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

    R357,29

  • 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

    R163,63

  • 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

    R284,27

  • 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

    R103,03

  • 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

    R436,07

  • 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

    R181,69

  • 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

    R66,31 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

  • 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

    R66,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    R259,77

  • 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

    R106,36

  • 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

    R68,64 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • L’étrange destin d’Adélaïde

    Adélaïde, danseuse étoile de l’Opéra de Paris, brille au sommet de sa carrière, portée par l’amour de Georges-Édouard. Mais la jalousie de sa consœur Mireille provoque un sabotage cruel qui met brutalement fin à sa carrière. Brisée, Adélaïde doit abandonner la danse. Face aux trahisons et aux épreuves, elle puise en elle une force insoupçonnée pour se reconstruire. Cette renaissance lui permettra ... Read more

    R320,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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 c... ... Read more

    R277,02

  • Práctica de la danza

    by Liane Simmel ...
    Series series Danza
    Bailar es algo más que aprender unos pasos. La danza no se reduce únicamente a aspectos físicos y, sin embargo, el cuerpo es el instrumento del bailarín. Conservarlo sano, reconocer a tiempo las sobrecargas y prevenir las lesiones son condiciones imprescindibles para bailar durante mucho tiempo y sin molestias. Ya sea en el ballet clásico, el hip hop o el jazz, la salsa, el claqué o el baile ... Read more

    R219,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pas De Trois

    21-year-old Ashley Klein has had one dream her entire life - to become a professional ballerina. Three weeks into the summer program at Boston Metropolitan Ballet, she can almost touch the paper her contract will be printed on. Everything had been perfect, until her abusive ex-boyfriend, Josh, shows up and sabotages her chance of joining the company. Instead of leaving Boston with a company ... Read more

    R85,89

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  • Ballettens digter. 3 Bournonville-essays

    August Bournonville har en enestående plads i dansk ballethistorie, ikke blot i kraft af sine mange år som balletmester ved Det kongelige Teater og sine egne balletter, men også fordi han om nogen var med til at gøre dansk ballet kendt i udlandet. Lektor og balletkritiker Erik Aschengreen har skrevet tre essays om August Bournonville i anledning af hundredeåret for hans afgang som balletmester hos ... Read more

    R149,83

  • Balletto per Bambini: Primi Passi nell'Arte della Danza Classica

    Scopri il mondo incantato del balletto, dalla formazione pedagogica alla magia della coreografia e della performance per piccoli ballerini.

    Intraprendi un viaggio affascinante nel mondo della danza con "Balletto per bambini: primi passi nell'arte della danza classica". Questo libro offre una guida completa per genitori, educatori e giovani aspiranti danzatori che desiderano avvicinarsi a questa disciplina artistica in modo informato e consapevole.Il percorso inizia esplorando il cammino verso il balletto per i più piccoli, fornendo ... Read more

    R315,61 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creativity in Indian Dance

    Uday Shankar's Autumn Years, 1960 – 1977

    Heralded as the father of Indian Creative Dance, and India’s cultural ambassador, Uday Shankar (1900–1977) was a dancer and choreographer who created a vibrant new Indian dance form without any ethno-regional centricity. Over time, Shankar’s art evolved from being a representation of the exotic East, to a narrative of modern India. This book provides a detailed study of Shankar’s works in his ... Read more

    R1 128,62

  • The Praying Mantra

    by Randy Lyles ...
    The Praying Mantra is about an Angel who wants to become a Ballerina. She goes to the Library in Heaven and discovers that a Mantra is a recitation or dedicated prayer for a cause. She prays to God to allow her to learn to become a Ballerina so she may dance for every Soul in Heaven. ... Read more

    R165,37

  • Balanchine and Kirstein's American Enterprise

    In 1933 choreographer George Balanchine and impresario Lincoln Kirstein embarked on an elusive quest to found a ballet company and school in the United States. Though their efforts would eventually result in the creation of the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet, the first decade of their collaborative efforts was anything but assured. Tracing the tangled histories of two of ... Read more

    R519,79