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  • Just Different

    by Wayne Sleep ...
    Wayne Sleep has lived an action-packed life among the great and the good of his generation. He danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury, performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend, and found himself a much-loved household name when he moved into popular dance and took the starring role in the original production of Cats. Dame Ninette ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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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 ...
    **A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • 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 Legacy“Utterly absorbing, flawlessly-researched…Vibrant, propulsive, and inspiring, The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Passion and Elegance

    How Flamenco and Classical Ballet Met at the Ballets Russes

    This book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance, then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco.The book outlines the early roots of flamenco in India, and the journey of the Romani through the Middle East and Europe up to their final destination in Spain. Alongside this, the history of classical ballet is detailed from its ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Ballettausbildung nach der Waganowa-Methode

    Das Lehrbuch für den klassischen Tanz. (Band II) Ausbildungsjahre 4 bis 8

    by Judith Frege ...
    MIT WAGANOWA ZEITGEMÄSS BALLETT LERNEN Vor knapp 100 Jahren hat die visionäre Ballettpädagogin Agrippina Waganowa ihre Ausbildungsmethode in dem Buch "Grundlagen des Klassischen Tanzes" niedergelegt. Diese Methode ist zum Klassiker geworden und bis heute die Grundlage für eine achtjährige Ballettausbildung an Ballettschulen und Akademien weltweit. Die Autorin und Tanzlehrerin Judith Frege hat die ... Read more

    $36.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ballettausbildung nach der Waganowa-Methode

    Das Lehrbuch für den klassischen Tanz. (Band I) Ausbildungsjahre 1 bis 3

    by Judith Frege ...
    ERFOLGREICH UND UMSICHTIG BALLETT UNTERRICHTENBallett ist ein klassischer Tanz, der dem menschlichen Körper äußerste Präzision und jahrelanges Training abverlangt. Der Tanz setzt sich aus vielen einzeln zu erarbeitenden und dabei komplexen Bewegungsabläufen zusammen, die einzig durch ausdauerndes Training zur Perfektion gebracht werden. Dieses Training muss sehr gut aufbereitet sein. Das Ballett ... Read more

    $36.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 學舞蹈藝術:芭蕾舞

    by 馮志遠 ...
    一本深入探索芭蕾舞的舞蹈指南。無論您是剛開始學習舞蹈,還是已經有一定基礎,都能從這本書中獲取到寶貴的知識和技巧。本書以通俗易懂的方式介紹了多種舞蹈形式,內容涵蓋了交際舞、踢踏舞、芭蕾舞、探戈、桑巴、北京平四、華爾滋、快步舞和街舞等。其中,芭蕾舞作為重點章節,詳細講解了它的起源、基本動作和技巧,並配有精美的插圖和照片,幫助讀者更好地理解和學習。本書的前言部分介紹了舞蹈藝術的背景和重要性,為讀者提供了對整本書的整體認識和期待。隨後,每個舞蹈形式都有專門的章節,按照順序逐一進行介紹。對於每種舞蹈形式,都詳細解釋了它的發展歷史、特點和流派,並介紹了一些著名的舞蹈作品和舞者。在專門介紹芭蕾舞的章節中,讀者將深入了解這一優雅而精緻的舞蹈藝術。書中詳細說明瞭芭蕾舞的基本動作、姿勢和技巧,包括腳步、轉體、跳躍和旋轉等。此外,還介紹了一些著名的芭蕾舞劇和舞者,為讀者提供了更多學習和欣賞的資源 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Black Romeo

    Mein Weg in der weißen Welt des Balletts

    Er ist einer der ganz wenigen schwarzen Principal Dancer in den großen Ballet-Compagnien. Er war der erste "Black Romeo" an der Pariser Oper, für seine Interpretation des Sklaven Spartakus wurde er in Deutschland zum «Tänzer des Jahres» gewählt. Doch Zeit seines Lebens und auch auf seinem Karriereweg hat er immer wieder Rassismus und Ausgrenzung erfahren. Osiel Gouneos Autobiographie ist das ... Read more

    $23.87 USD

  • Propostas pedagógicas para o balé no Brasil no século XXI

    O livro apresenta um mosaico de propostas pedagógicas para o balé clássico que saem do que comumente professores e professoras dessa técnica têm utilizado: a Pedagogia Tradicional. Nesse sentido, tenta apresentar um panorama de concepções pedagógicas em prática em escolas de dança, ONGs, escolas técnicas e graduações em Dança, de Norte a Sul do país. A ideia é que a obra sirva de inspiração para ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Business of Ballet

    Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes between Profit and the Avant-garde

    by Ira Nadel ...
    The Business of Ballet: Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes between Profit and the Avant-garde explores how a remarkable, internationally recognized ballet company, the Ballets Russes, was able to survive for twenty years without stable funding. Focusing on Ballets Russes’s founder, Serge Diaghilev, and his talent for discovering monies through an uncanny ability to secure funds from aristocrats, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Dance Partnering Basics

    Practical Skills and Inclusive Pedagogy

    Dance Partnering Basics: Practical Skills and Inclusive Pedagogy With HKPropel Access presents easy-to-implement, technique-based partnering instruction for dancers of all ages. The exercises and techniques, which are broken down into parts and presented in a skill progression, from beginner to advanced, can be applied to a variety of dance forms. The book offers a plethora of tools to help dance ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • Antiracism in Ballet Teaching

    This new collection of essays and interviews assembles research on teaching methods, choreographic processes, and archival material that challenges systemic exclusions and provides practitioners with accessible steps to creating more equitable teaching environments, curricula, classes, and artistic settings.Antiracism in Ballet Teaching gives readers a wealth of options for addressing and ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Ethical Agility in Dance

    Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance

    This edited collection examines the potential of dance training for developing socially engaged individuals capable of forging ethical human relations for an ever-changing world and in turn frames dance as a fundamental part of human experience.This volume draws together a range of critical voices to reflect the inclusive potential of dance. The contributions offer perspectives on contemporary ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Hiplet: Bridging the Rhythms of Ballet and Hip-Hop

    by Thalassa Veil ...
    Join us on a captivating journey into the rhythmic realm where classical grace meets urban flair; a world where tradition and innovation harmonize to create the groundbreaking dance phenomenon known as Hiplet. "Hiplet: Bridging the Rhythms of Ballet and Hip-Hop" takes you into the rich history, vibrant evolution and cultural significance of this enchanting dance form.Most important features ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Matter of Appearance

    A Memoir

    by Emily Wells ...
    A dazzling memoir of chronic illness that explores the fraught intersection between pain, language, and gender, by a debut author.Emily Wells spent her childhood dancing through intense pain she assumed was normal for a ballerina pushing her body to its limits. For years, no doctor could tell Wells what was wrong with her, or they told her it was all in her head.In A Matter of Appearance, Wells ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 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] spirited, engaging biography . . . Ms. Harss analyzes each of Mr. Ratmansky’s ballets, skillfully describing them in such vivid detail that you can almost see them . . . A deeply researched portrait.” —Moira Hodgson, The Wall S... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Inter-Asia in Motion

    Dance as Method

    Edited by Emily Wilcox, Soo Ryon Yoon ...
    This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies.The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of dance works, artists, genres, and media, from Kathak to K-pop flash mob dance, from Cold War diplomacy to avant-garde dance collaborations, and from festival dance to dance on screen. Working against the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Rudolf Nureyev

    As I remember him

    Following an unorthodox first meeting in London in 1964, Patricia Boccadoro got to know Rudolf Nureyev on a personal basis after she moved to live in Paris in the 1970s. In this amusing, informative book, she recounts how exciting it was to see him dance in those heady London years, during his legendary partnership with Margot Fonteyn, before giving a lucid account of his directorship of the Paris ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Color of Dance

    A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in the World of Ballet

    From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation Brown Girls Do Ballet, this stunning coffee-table book showcases breathtaking images of ballerinas of color of all ages and levels that reflect today’s beautifully diverse world of dance.For decades the prominent image of a ballet dancer has been a white body with pale clothing. It took 75 years for American Ballet Theatre to have its first ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Palais Garnier en de l'Opéra national de Paris

    Een A World of Culture e-special

    by Don Muschter ...
    Special over het Palais Garnier en de l'Opéra national de Paris. Het is haast niet voor te stellen hoeveel bezoekers in de 350 jaar dat het instituut bestaat naar huis zijn gegaan met een gevoel van geluk. L’Opéra national de Paris is een grootheid zelfs naar Parijse standaards. In het Palais Garnier lijkt het soms alsof de ambities van jonge en gevestigde artiesten mogen wedijveren met de ... Read more

    $14.37 USD 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

    $52.99 USD

  • You, the Choreographer

    Creating and Crafting Dance

    YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance offers a synthesis of histories, theories, philosophies, and creative practices across diverse genres of concert dance choreography. The book is designed for readers at every stage of creative development who seek to refine their artistic sensibility.Through a review of major milestones in the field, including contributions to choreography from ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Irinna conoce a Sol

    Illustrated by Verónica Elhom ...
    Es la historia de Sol, una niña con Síndrome de Tourette, que desea iniciar una clase de ballet y siente temor de enfrentar a sus compañeros. Gracias a la confianza que le transmite Irinna, Sol encuentra el valor para hablar de lo que le sucede. Donde queda demostrado que la información y el respeto hacen posible la inclusión. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Art and Science of Ballet Dancing and Teaching

    Integrating Mind, Brain and Body

    by Janet Karin ...
    This book offers an inside view of ballet as the art form we see on stages today, detailing how expressive movement is initiated and controlled, and discussing the importance of embedding creativity and expressivity within ballet technique from the dancer’s first lesson to their final performance.Janet Karin O.A.M. promotes ballet as a holistic art form resulting from the integration of mind, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Ballet Confidential

    A personal behind-the-scenes guide

    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

    $10.99 USD