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Author:Kyle Froman
In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet
Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who can honestly claim that he was there.Author: Kyle FromanISBN-10: 1684421977ISBN-13: 9781684421978Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2007Pages:...- $19.95
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Author:Fariborz Lachini
Golden Autumn 2 Piano Sheet Music: Original Solo Piano Pieces
"Golden Autumn 2" is the second installment in composer/pianist Fariborz Lachini's celebrated series of piano albums called Golden Autumn that includes his original writings for solo piano, some of which were originated from the themes he created for film scores. This is the companion...- $30.00
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Author:Fariborz Lachini
Golden Autumn 1 Piano Sheet Music: Original Solo Piano Pieces
"Golden Autumn 1" is the first installment in Iranian/Canadian composer/pianist Fariborz Lachini's celebrated series of piano albums called Golden Autumn that includes his original writings for solo piano, some of which were originated from the themes he created for film scores. It was first...- $30.00
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Author:Sharon Skeel
Catherine Littlefield: A Life in Dance
While she is best remembered today as founder of the Philadelphia Ballet and the director and driving force behind the famous Littlefield School of Ballet, from which Balanchine drew the nucleus for his School of American Ballet, Catherine Littlefield (1905-51) and her oeuvre were...- $40.95
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Author:Gillian Moore
The Rite of Spring: The Music of Modernity
The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.On 29 May 1913, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes,...- $19.95
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Author:Stanley J. Rabinowitz
And Then Came Dance: The Women Who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom
Presenting for the first time Akim Volynsky's (1861-1926) pre-balletic writings on Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Otto Weininger, and on such illustrious personalities as Zinaida Gippius, Ida Rubinstein, and Lou Andreas-Salome, And Then Came Dance provides new insight into the origins of Volynsky's life-altering...- $42.95
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Author:Nancy Romita
Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers
Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers is where anatomy meets artistry. Each chapter provides explorations in embodied anatomy in an engaging manner with the use of images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. It is an accessible introduction to the relationship between daily movement habits,...- $30.95
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Author:Angela Whitehill
The Dancer's Book of Ballet: From Student to Ballerina
Author: Angela WhitehillISBN-10: 0595093825ISBN-13: 9780595093823Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2000Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.42d- $15.95
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Author:Laura Jacobs
Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet
A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet As much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost...- $27.00
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Author:Kara Anne Gardner
Agnes de Mille: Telling Stories in Broadway Dance
This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de Mille's most influential...- $49.95
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Author:Mindy Aloff
Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance
Mindy Aloff, a leading dance critic who has written for The Nation, The New Republic, and The New Yorker, has brought together here a marvelous book of stories by and about dancers--entertaining and informative anecdotes that capture the boundless variety and richness of dance...- $16.95
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Author:Annegret Fauser
Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. In the years since its premiere-as a dance work at the Library of Congress in 1944-it has become...- $19.95
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Author:Lynsey McCulloch
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Dance
Shakespeare's texts have a long and close relationship with many different types of dance, from dance forms referenced in the plays to adaptations across many genres today. With contributions from experienced and emerging scholars, this handbook provides a concise reference on dance as both...- $175.00
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Author:Senta Driver
William Forsythe
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Author: Senta DriverISBN-10: 9057551284ISBN-13: 9789057551284Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2000Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.24h x 6.25w x 0.36d- $49.95
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Author:Matthew Naughtin
Ballet Music: A Handbook
Musicians who work professionally with ballet and dance companies sometimes wonder if they haven't entered a foreign country--a place where the language and customs seem so utterly familiar and so bafflingly strange at the same. To someone without a dance background, phrases and terms--boy's...- $53.00
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Author:Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Ballet in Four Acts, Op.20: Study score
Newly edited and engraved study score for the original 1877 version of Tchaikovsky's first ballet masterpiece. Includes Preface, Synopsis, and Cast of Characters. This is the complete orchestral score, not a piano reduction, based upon the composer's autograph, the first edition issued by P....- $59.95
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Author:Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite, Op.20a: Study score
Newly edited and engraved. The composer considered an orchestral suite from his great ballet, but never got around to extracting it. An unknown editor compiled the first version, which was issued by Jurgenson in 1900. The Soviet state publishers produced their own version in...- $19.95
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Author:Minna Moore Ede
Titian Metamorphosis: Art, Music, Dance: A Collaboration Between the Royal Ballet and the National Gallery
This book celebrates a collaboration between the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet in London, for which Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger worked with some of the world's best known choreographers and composers.Author: Minna Moore EdeISBN-10: 1908970049ISBN-13: 9781908970046Publisher: Art / BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $40.00
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Author:David Schroeder
Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion
The music of Tchaikovsky remains as much loved in the twenty-first century as it was a hundred years ago. But it has so much more to offer than luscious orchestration and tuneful melodies. In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder...- $53.00
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Author:Stephen Manes
Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet
The internationally acclaimed new book that takes you behind the scenes to reveal how ballet really happens: In a scuffed-up studio, a veteran dancer transmits the magic of an eighty-year-old ballet to a performer barely past drinking age. In a converted barn, an indomitable...- $29.95
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Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
The Struggle of the Magicians: Scenario of the Ballet
"My ballet is not a mystery," replied Mr. G."The purpose of it is to present an interesting and beautiful spectacle. Of course, under the visible forms a certain sense is hidden, but I did not aim at demonstrating or emphasizing it. The chief position...- $20.00
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Author:Harriet Cavalli
Dance and Music: A Guide to Dance Accompaniment for Musicians and Dance Teachers
"Harriet Cavalli has been a great influence on me and my work with music. She understands dance accompaniment better than anyone and explains how and why in her book."-- Mark Morris, artistic director, Mark Morris Dance Group"An insightful and detailed guide that will help...- $39.95
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Author:Andrea Harris
Making Ballet American: Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine
George Balanchine's arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first American manifestation of the art form. In Making Ballet American, author Andrea Harris...- $39.95
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Author:Lucia Ruprecht
Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century
Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century offers a new interpretation of European modernist dance by addressing it as guiding medium in a vibrant field of gestural culture that ranged across art and philosophy. Taking further Cornelius Castoriadis's concept of...- $49.95
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Author:Zoe Anderson
The Ballet Lover's Companion
A richly informed, up-to-date performance guide to more than 140 favorite ballets, from the classical era to the present day This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe...- $25.00
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Author:Charles Joseph
Stravinsky and Balanchine
Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, among the most influential artists of the twentieth century, together created the music and movement for many ballet masterpieces. This engrossing book is the first full-length study of one of the greatest artistic collaborations in history. Drawing on extensive...- $59.00
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Author:Robert Garis
Following Balanchine
A long-time observer of George Balanchine describes his experience with and reactions to the great choreographer s work. Handsomely illustrated with dramatic photographs of past and present members of the New York City Ballet, this fascinating book is both a major contribution to dance...- $36.00
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Author:Joyce MacKie
Basic Ballet: The Steps Defined
All the basic movements in classical ballet, illustrated with 275 detailed photographs. This unique handbook shows all the basic positions, steps, and movements in classical ballet, arranged in the sequence of lessons usually followed over six years of training. An invaluable practice manual for...- $12.00
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Author:Royal Academy of Dancing
Step-By-Step Ballet Class: Illustrated Guide to the Official Ballet Syllabus
Written with the full backing and expertise of the renowed Royal Academy of Dancing and following the new international examination syllabus, this is a completely new edition of the bestselling Ballet Class. Including everything from the basic positions of the feet to exercises for...- $24.95
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