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101 Stories of the Great Ballets : The Scene-By-Scene Stories of the Most Popular Ballets, Old and New
George Balanchine
Paperback - $29.95
Authored by one of the ballet's most respected experts, this volume includes scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular classic and contemporary ballets, as performed by the world's leading dance companies. Certain to delight long-time fans as wel ...
Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet
Gail Grant
Paperback - $9.95
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.
Ballet 101 : A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet
Robert Greskovic
Paperback - $30.95
Like "Opera 101", its successful predecessor, "Ballet 101" takes an already popular yet sometimes intimidating subject and makes it accessible and understandable for everyone. Noted dance critic and teacher Robert Greskovic has written an entertainin ...
Fifty Ballet Masterworks : From the 16th to the 20th Century
Lincoln Kirstein
Paperback - $38.95
Profusely illustrated vision of ballet as movement, art, theatrical spectacle and history. Penetrating discussions of 50 seminal works, from 16th century to the present. 474 illus.
100 Lessons in Classical Ballet
Vera S. Kostrovitskaya
Paperback - $30.95
The complete eight-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Markarova. Includes over 100 photographs.
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo : The Golden Age of Costume and Set Design
Janet Light
Hardcover - $81.95
The approximately 300 designs the largest single collection commissioned between 1938 and 1944, the early period when the company possessed many brilliant dancers and the artistic stewardship of two indelible names of twentieth-century ballet.
The Language of Ballet : A Dictionary
Thalia Mara
Paperback - $21.95
Complete definition and pronunciation guide for common ballet terms.
Sleeping Beauty, a Legend in Progress
Tim Scholl
Hardcover - $80.95
In 1999 the Maryinsky (formerly Kirov) Ballet and Theater in St. Petersburg re-created its 1890 production of Sleeping Beauty. The revival showed the classic work in its original sets and costumes and restored pantomime and choreography that had been ...