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  • 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

    $3.99 USD

  • Words We Can Dance

    Thoughts for dance students, performers and teachers

    Words We Can Dance is a collection of words of wisdom, inspiration, motivation and wit for dancers of all levels. Dance teacher trainer, author and blogger Francisco De La Calleja, draws on the experience of a 33 year dance performing and teaching career to share his experiences about performinging, learning, teaching and living the dancer's life. 82 memorable and unique thoughts that touch the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Women Making Art

    Women in the Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts Since 1960, Second Edition

    This important interdisciplinary book is a unique and timely contribution to the field of women in the arts. Each chapter is devoted to a single artist and a single ground-breaking work that altered the course of its art form in a full array of genres, including dance, music, installation, photography, architecture, poetry, literature, theater, film, performance art, and popular culture. These ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • 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

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wilde Times

    Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet

    At eighty-seven, Patricia Wilde remains a grande dame of the ballet world. As a young star she toured America in the company of the Ballet Russe. In her heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, she was a first-generation member and principal dancer of New York City Ballet during the uniquely dramatic Balanchine era—the golden age of the company and its hugely gifted, influential, exploitative, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Why Would a Unicorn Learn Ballet and French

    Unicorn Learning Series

    Series series Unicorn Learning Series
    Shona wants to learn ballet and what all the cool French words mean. She asks for help, and Dreamy the Unicorn comes to her rescue, taking them on a magical and fabulous journey of learning!There is plenty of magic in Dreamy the Unicorn's horn. They meet Tammy, a French ballet teacher, and journey together to a ballet school, a ballet production, and go behind the scenes, while learning key French ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • When Ballet Became French

    Modern Ballet and the Cultural Politics of France, 1909-1958

    For centuries before the 1789 revolution, ballet was a source of great cultural pride for France, but by the twentieth century the art form had deteriorated along with France's international standing. It was not until Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes found success in Paris during the first decade of the new century that France embraced the opportunity to restore ballet to its former glory and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Unworking Choreography

    The Notion of the Work in Dance

    Series series Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
    There is no archive or museum of human movement, no place where choreographies can be collected and conserved in pristine form. The central consequence of this is the incapacity of philosophy and aesthetics to think of dance as a positive and empirical art. In the eyes of philosophers, dance refers to a space other than art, considered both more frivolous and more fundamental than the artwork ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Twin Sisters

    by Randy Lyles ...
    Twin Sisters is the story of Parents who pray that they have twins. The Parents also love the Ballet. Because of their love for the Ballet, the Parents pray that they have twins Daughters who will become Ballerinas. The Father is so sure that their Prayers will be answered, he writes several Ballet scripts in anticipation of their birth. ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Toss in the Ether

    by Jamal Story ...
    Desperate to leave its crumbling home for a needed new studio space, a dance company short on resources but rich in talent revives a widely revered, difficult and dangerous ballet to present at an arts conference. A brilliant performance could mean security. But when Alicia, a key dancer, pushes her husband down the stairs, room is made for bigger falls than any of the dancers could imagine. With ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Todd Bolender, Janet Reed, and the Making of American Ballet

    by Martha West ...
    Martha Ullman West illustrates how American ballet developed over the course of the twentieth century from an aesthetic originating in the courts of Europe into a stylistically diverse expression of a democratic culture. West places at center stage two artists who were instrumental to this story: Todd Bolender and Janet Reed.Lifelong friends, Bolender (1914–2006) and Reed (1916–2000) were part of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • To Dance, to Live

    A Biography of Thalia Mara

    Series series Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
    Thalia Mara’s story spans the history of dance in the twentieth century and the rise of the arts in her adopted city of Jackson, Mississippi. As an adolescent Mara (1911–2003) studied with renowned Russian teacher Adolph Bolm, who recommended she go at age sixteen to Paris for further study. During a tour in Europe and South America, she met her partner in dance and life, Arthur Mahoney, and they ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Vanishing of Willa Sloan

    by Andrea Dias ...
    When fifteen-year-old Isabelle’s mother, Willa, vanishes in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, she is devastated. The investigation, overrun by unprecedented challenges, goes cold, forcing Isabelle to move on with her life without any answers or closure. Ten years later, Isabelle discovers that her mother secretly endured several years of sexual exploitation while studying at the Ballet National ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Spark

    The Legacy that Changed the Dance World

    by Cheryl Ale ...
    The Spark will help create a legacy dance students will never forget!The Spark: The Legacy that Changed the Dance World is about the journey of creative artists and dancers-turned-teachers who are now struggling with the complexities of teaching. Choosing a ballet program that juggles all styles, techniques, and methodologies and that all levels of students will progressively love is a daunting ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $3.99 USD

  • The Royal Opera House Guidebook

    The Royal Opera House receives over 1 million visitors a year. Published jointly by the ROH and Oberon Books, this is the first ever guide to the magnificently rebuilt theatre. The guide covers the fascinating and turbulent history of the theatre at Covent Garden since the early 18th century, its recent redevelopment, the majestic auditorium and Linbury Studio, rehearsal studios, and world-class ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 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

    $12.99 USD

  • The Rite of Spring at 100

    When Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered during the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, its avant-garde music and jarring choreography scandalized audiences. Today it is considered one of the most influential musical works of the twentieth century. In this volume, the ballet finally receives the full critical attention it deserves, as ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Rite of Spring at 100

    When Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered during the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, its avant-garde music and jarring choreography scandalized audiences. Today it is considered one of the most influential musical works of the twentieth century. In this volume, the ballet finally receives the full critical attention it deserves, as ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • 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

    $9.95 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    In distinction to many extant histories of ballet, The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet prioritizes connections between ballet communities as it interweaves chapters by scholars, critics, choreographers, and working professional dancers. The book looks at the many ways ballet functions as a global practice in the 21st century, providing new perspectives on ballet's past, present, and future. ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • The Nutcracker Sweet

    Show-stopping Desserts Inspired by the World's Favorite Ballet

    by Linda Hymes ...
    If you thought this holiday classic was all about Marie saving her Nutcracker prince, think again– it’s all about desserts! Award-winning author Linda Hymes presents a decadent tribute to America’s favorite ballet with a collection of over 60 simple to spectacular desserts. The Nutcracker Sweet: Show-stopping Desserts Inspired by the World’s Favorite Ballet takes a confectionary journey to the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The History Of Dance - The Dance In Portugal, Spain, And Italy

    by Lilly Grove ...
    This vintage book is a concise treatise on the history of dancing in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating information and interesting insights, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the traditional dances and songs of these countries. Contents include: “Portuguese Dances”, “Basque Dances”, “Spain”, and “Italy”. Many vintage books such ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History Of Dance - Ballet

    by Lilly Grove ...
    This vintage book is a fascinating treatise on ballet. It delves into the colourful history of ballet in ancient societies and explores its development throughout the ages from the dances of the Egyptians to modern opera. “The History Of Dance - Ballet” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the evolution of the dance and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus