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Ballet 101
Robert GreskovicISBN: 0786881550
List Price: $16.45 Abstract
The first comprehensive handbook on how to watch and appreciate the ballet. Assists the beginning learner while offering enough insight to interest those with a more advanced background. Topics: a thorough & international history of the ballet; a look at the dancers & their training & physiology; examines the narrative vs. the non-narrative ballet. Lists of recommended reading material & video recordings. Glossary of dance terms. Contains a complete analysis of 16 important & popular ballets ranging from the classical Swan Lake & The Sleeping Beauty to the romantic Romeo & Juliet to the modern efforts of Twyla Tharp in Push Comes to Shove.
The Ballet Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Classical Dance
National Ballet School, Deborah Bowes, Lydia PawelakISBN: 1552093530
List Price: $14.95 Abstract
Ballet is one of the world's loveliest and most demanding art forms, requiring both grace and athleticism. It has a rich history and continues to attract ambitious and dedicated students all over the world. The Ballet Book is produced in conjunction with Toronto's National Ballet School and is a definitive instructional resource for children who are beginning to explore the possibilities and delights of ballet. Lavishly illustrated with charming black & white photographs of students in action, complemented by explanatory text, The Ballet Book illustrates in detail the positioning of the arms and the feet, barre work, pointe work, alignment, classical ballet poses, attitudes, allegros, batteries and arabesques.
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Classical Ballet Technique
Gretchen Ward Warren, Susan CookISBN: 0813009456
List Price: $39.95 Abstract
A comprehensive teaching guide presenting every movement in the classical repertoire, as demonstrated by professional dancers in more than 2,600 photographs.
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The Joffrey Ballet School's Ballet-Fit
Allison Kyle Leopold, Dena Simone Moss, Steve LadnerISBN: 0312194706
List Price: $23.95 Abstract
Not only are ballet dancers in killer shape; they have some of the most enviable physiques around. The Jofferys School's Book of Ballet Fitness offers a step-by-step program for getting in shape with exercises that tone and build strength and flexibility. Illustrated with gorgeous photos of dancers.
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The New York City Ballet Workout Book
Peter Martins, Paul Kolnik, Richard Corman, Howard KaplanISBN: 0688152023
List Price: $24.00 Abstract
New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible--and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with more than 300 instructional exercise photographs and extraordinary duotone portraits of New York City Ballet dancers, The New York City Ballet Workout explores the company's philosophy of balancing art, life, and fitness. By combining elements of New York City Ballet's balletic regimen with practical strength-building exercises, The New York City Ballet Workout can help people achieve a strong, graceful, and flexible body--one that displays the impeccable poise that is the trademark of New York City Ballet dancers. Many exercises of The New York City Ballet Workout were once confined to the world's elite rehearsal studios. Now, as refined by Peter Martins and his company, these exercises have been designed as a comprehensive, holistic approach to the body that can be used by anyone from the out-of-shape to the serious athlete, to attain a lean, hard, beautiful body. From flexibility to endurance, this is a complete exercise program for men and women.
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Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique
Suki Schorer, Russell Lee, Carol RoseggISBN: 0813029775
List Price: $29.95 Abstract
A highly detailed book on Balanchine technique, written by one of his former principal dancers, now a leading teacher at the School of American Ballet. Schorer discusses the crucial work at the barre as well as center work, port de bras, pointework, jumps, partnering, and more. Her recollections of her own tutelage under Balanchine and her brilliant use of scores of his remarks about dancing and dancers lend both authority and intimacy to this extraordinary analysis of Balanchine's legacy to the future of dance. Profusely illustrated throughout with instructional photographs featuring members of the New York City Ballet, this book will serve as an indispensable testament to Balanchine's ideas on technique and performance.
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Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet
Gail GrantISBN: 0486218430
List Price: $4.95 Abstract
From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide, cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions that vary from the Russian to the French or Italian schools, are also invaluable aids.
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Peter Martins, Christopher RamseyISBN: 0688157513
List Price: used copies only (out of print) Abstract
This book celebrates the groundbreaking artistry of the New York City Ballet. Featuring full-color art, this collection includes essays from some of this century's greatest artists and authors who have been moved by this premiere dance company. Collected here are the exquisite paintings, sets, costumes, photography, sculpture, poetry, and writing New York City Ballet has spawned from the great creative minds of our time. Some of this work was culled from the Ballet's archives and other treasure troves around the world. Contemporary luminaries created works especially for this book on the occasion of New York City Ballet's fiftieth anniversary. Whether new or old, humorous or nostalgic, historical or provocative, each piece is unfalteringly poignant. Together they form an impressionistic portrait of an American treasure.
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