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Buckle at the Ballet
A selection of enormously entertaining reviews from the doyen of British ballet critics
Classical Ballet Terms - An Illustrated Dictionary
Wherever ballet is taught in the world, and in whatever language, it retains one common denominator - the technical terms used are in French Yet there are many discrepancies in the perceived meaning, spelling…
Complete Book of Ballets - illustrated - rare - 1956 - HARDBACK
An extention & continuation, the main body of which is concerned with ballets first performed 1937-41. Also includes a section on Soviet ballets, illustrated, rare, 1952
Dance Umbrella - The First Twenty-One Years
A fascinating history of London’s Dance Umbrella festival. Since its inception by Val Bourne in 1978, Dance Umbrella has played a crucial role in the development of the contemporary dance scene in…
Dancer’s Scrapbook from Capitol Theatre to Carnegie
The story of a beautiful Californian girl who became one of the great Broadway stars of the 1920s, and later a famous Spanish dancer in the Europe of the 1930s It is also the story of the now defunct art…
Dancing Longer - Dancing Stronger
Provides sensible exercises for ballet, jazz, modern, and aerobics dancers that can be performed outside of dance class to improve technique and lessen the danger of injury Includes specific strengthening…
Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terminology
Terminology used within the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), the world’s largest examining and teaching body whose syllabus is taught in over 700 countries It is geared to both teachers and students who wish…
Diet for Dancers - A Complete Guide to Nutrition and Weight Control
To be thin and healthy is a necessity for dancers and for athletes such as gymnasts and skaters Others may want to achieve the lean and lithe look of a dancer - how to attain and maintain the ideal slender…
Fanny Elssler’s Cachucha
A study of Elssler’s famous solo, with notes by Ivor Guest, piano score and the complete dance in Zorn and Laban notations
