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Author : Janet Leeper
Publisher : London ; New York : Penguin books limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book English Ballet written by Janet Leeper and published by London ; New York : Penguin books limited. This book was released on 1944 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanz, Ballett, England, Kultur, Kulturgeschichte.
Author : David Gayle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849433275
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)
Download or read book An English Ballet written by David Gayle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninette de Valois was an extraordinary woman. Not only did she create The Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School and the company that has become Birmingham Royal Ballet – in themselves great achievements – but she was a gifted choreographer, dancer, teacher, administrator, speaker and writer. She also identified and developed so many of the talented dancers, choreographers and teachers who went onto make Britain a world leader in ballet and dance. During the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of The Royal Ballet in 1981, Ninette de Valois accepted an invitation to speak to the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars. In that illuminating talk, printed here for the first time, she focuses on what ‘English Ballet’ is. Combined with her 1955 article, Some Problems of Ballet Today, and Sir Peter Wright’s fascinating Madam’s Memorial Address, this volume raises questions as meaningful today as they were when de Valois first addressed them. In an increasingly connected dance world, what does it mean to have a national style? Why is a national style important? How might a national style be identified, developed and nurtured? This volume provides thought-provoking and fascinating reading for all lovers of ballet, dance and art.
Author : Walter James Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book English Ballet written by Walter James Turner and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Greskovic
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879103255
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Ballet 101 written by Robert Greskovic and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a look at the world of dance; an analysis of ballet movement, music, and history; a close-up look at popular ballets; and a host of performance tips.
Author : Kate Castle
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789434326
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)
Download or read book My Ballet Book written by Kate Castle and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the world of ballet and presents its notable stories, dancers, techniques, and routines.
Author : Gail Grant
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486132862
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet written by Gail Grant and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions also included.
Author : Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Tarasov
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Ballet Technique for the Male Dancer written by Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Tarasov and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1985 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Loewe
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451138903
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (389 download)
Download or read book My Fair Lady written by Frederick Loewe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1956 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text of the Broadway musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Author : Jennifer Homans
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679603905
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)
Download or read book Apollo's Angels written by Jennifer Homans and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 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. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under France’s Louis XIV (himself an avid dancer), the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St. Petersburg. In the twentieth century, émigré dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe, setting off a new and radical transformation of dance. Jennifer Homans, a historian, critic, and former professional ballerina, wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. Her admiration and love for the ballet, as Entertainment Weekly notes, brings “a dancer’s grace and sure-footed agility to the page.”
Author : Jennifer Jackson
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785008315
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Ballet written by Jennifer Jackson and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballet is a detailed guide to creative practice and performance. Compiled by ten leading practitioners, each chapter focuses on an aspect of ballet as a performing art. Together they outline a journey from the underpinning principles of ballet, through an appreciation of different styles and schooling, into the dance studio for practice in class and beyond. With additional insights from highly acclaimed dancers, choreographers and teachers, this practical guide offers advice on fundamental and advanced training and creative development. As well as providing information from dance science research into training well-being, this book supports the individual dancer in their artistic growth, offering strategies for exploration and discovery. Topics include: principles, styles and schooling of classical ballet; fundamental technique and advanced expression; developing versatility and creative thinking; advice on injury management, nutrition and lifestyle; choreography and music and, finally, best practice in the rehearsal studio is covered. 'A wonderfully accessible and comprehensive resource about the individual disciplines involved in ballet', Leanne Benjamin OBE, former Principal of The Royal Ballet and international coach.
Author : Karen Eliot
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199347638
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Albion's Dance written by Karen Eliot and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Second World War broke out, ballet in Britain was only a few decades old. Few had imagined that it would establish roots in a nation long thought to be unresponsive to dance. Nevertheless, the war proved to be a boon for ballet dancers, choreographers and audiences, for the nation's dancers were forced to look inward to their own identity and sources of creativity. As author Karen Eliot demonstrates in this fascinating book, instead of withering during the enforced isolation of war, ballet in Britain flourished, exhibiting a surprising heterogeneity and vibrant populism that moved ballet outside its typical elitist surroundings to be seen by uninitiated, often enthusiastic audiences. Ballet was thought to help boost audience morale, to render solace to the soul-weary and to afford entertainment and diversion to those who simply craved a few hours of distraction. Government authorities came to see that ballet could serve as a tool of propaganda; the ways it functioned within the larger public discourse of propaganda and sacrifice, and how it answered a public mood of pragmatism and idealism, are also topics in this story of the development of a national ballet identity. This narrative has several key players-- dance critics, male and female dancers, producers, audiences, and choreographers. Exploring the so-called "ballet boom" during WWII, the larger story of this book is one of how art and artists thrive during conflict, and how they respond pragmatically and creatively to privation and duress.
Author : Lincoln Kirstein
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486246314
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (463 download)
Download or read book Four Centuries of Ballet written by Lincoln Kirstein and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of dance's basic components, choreography, gesture, music, costume, and scenery, and discusses the backgrounds of the most important ballets
Author : Zoë Anderson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 057126090X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Royal Ballet: 75 Years written by Zoë Anderson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 produced celebrated dancers, from Margot Fonteyn to Darcey Bussell, and one of the richest repertoires in ballet. The company danced through the Blitz, won an international reputation in a single New York performance and added to the glamour of London's Swinging Sixties. It has established a distinctive English school of ballet, a pure classical style that could do justice to the 19th-century repertory and to new British classics. Leading dance critic, Zoë Anderson, vividly portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such an impact on their audiences. She looks at the bad times as well as the good, examining the controversial directorships of Norman Morrice and Ross Stretton and the criticism fired at the company as the Royal Opera House closed for redevelopment.
Author : Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190871490
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet written by Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly four hundred and fifty years in, ballet still resonates-though the stages have become international, and the dancers, athletes far removed from noble amateurs. While vibrations from the form's beginnings clearly resound, much has transformed. Nowadays ballet dancers aspire to work across disciplines with choreographers who value a myriad of abilities. Dance theorists and historians make known possibilities and polemics in lieu of notating dances verbatim, and critics do the daily work of recording performance histories and interviewing artists. Ideas circulate, questions arise, and discussions about how to resist ballet's outmoded traditions take precedence. In the dance community, calls for innovation have defined palpable shifts in ballet's direction and resultantly we have arrived at a new moment in its history that is unquestionably recognized as a genre onto its own: Contemporary Ballet. An aspect of this recent discipline is that its dancemakers, more often than not, seek to reorient the viewer by celebrating what could be deemed vulnerabilities, re-construing ideals of perfection, problematizing the marginalized/mainstream dichotomy, bringing audiences closer in to observe, and letting the art become an experience rather than a distant object preciously guarded out of reach. Hence, the practice of ballet is moving to become a less-mediated and more active process in many circumstances. Performers and audiences alike are challenged, and while convention is still omnipresent, choices are being made. For some, this approach has been drawn on for decades, and for others it signifies a changing of the guard, yet however we arrive there, the conclusion is the same: Contemporary Ballet is not a style. That is to say, it is not a trend, phase, or fashionable term that will fade, rather it is a clear period in ballet's time deserved of investigation. And it is into this moment that we enter"--
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Near East written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexandra Carter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351163620
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Dance and Dancers in the Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall Ballet written by Alexandra Carter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005. The Victorian and Edwardian music hall ballet has been a neglected facet of dance historiography, falling prey principally to the misguided assumption that any ballet not performed at the Opera House or 'legitimate' theatre necessarily meant it was of low cultural and artistic merit. Here Alexandra Carter identifies the traditional marginalization of the working class female participants in ballet historiography, and moves on to reinstate the 'lost' period of the music hall ballet and to apply a critical account of that period. Carter examines the working conditions of the dancers, the identities and professional lives of the ballet girls and the ways in which the ballet of the music hall embodied the sexual psyche of the period, particularly in its representations of the ballet girl and the ballerina. By drawing on newspapers, journals, theatre programmes, contemporary fiction, poetry and autobiography, Carter firmly locates the period in its social, economic and artistic context. The book culminates in the argument that there are direct links between the music hall ballet and what has been termed the 'birth' of British ballet in the 1930s; a link so long ignored by dance historians. This work will appeal not only to those interested in nineteenth century studies, but also to those working in the fields of dance studies, gender studies, cultural studies and the performing arts.
Author : Marion Kant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521539869
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Ballet written by Marion Kant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by international writers on the evolution of ballet.
