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A Century of Russian Ballet
This brings its readers as close as written records can to the realities of being a student, dancer, choreographer, or critic, in Russia from the period 1810 to 1910 It is built on a framework of famous…
A Dancer’s Guide to Getting Work
If you were born to dance, but are having difficulty with the first steps to stardom, this is the book for you From finding the right training to getting an agent, from performing in music videos to working…
Ballroom Dancing
This classic handbook describes the standard techniques of ballroom dancing, for beginners, for competition dancers, and for students of ballroom dancing courses and examinations This edition has been…
Beginning Ballet
This popular handbook for students of all ages presents a guide to technique, vocabulary and practice in class as well as the costumes required (what to wear and how to make it) and advice to parents who…
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…
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…
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
Foundations of Classical Ballet Technique
Compiled for the RAD by a panel including Julia Farron, Pamela May and Lynn Wallis. The only manual to concentrate on the fundamental building blocks of ballet technique without promoting any particular…
How to Dress Dancers
This well illustrated book shows how to start making costumes for dancers. The author looks at different styles, cuts and materials that can be used, and shows how costume sketches can be used, and shows…
Irish Theatre Handbook - A Comprehensive Guide to Professional Drama & Dance In Ireland
The first Irish Theatre Handbook was published in 1998. Back then it measured a slim 128 pages but in the best tradition of sequels this Second Edition is twice the size and better than ever… The…
Maria Fay’s Floor Barre - the BOOK
In her long and varied career as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach, Maria Fay became constantly aware of the existence of too many injured dancers She became convinced that many of the traumatic…
Maria Fay’s Floor Barre - the DVD - Any Region
Produced to accompany the book of these exercises, this DVD takes the viewer through three sample classes at different technical levels With the help of her pupil Christina Beskou (herself a noted…
Rosemary Butcher - Choreography Collisions and Collaborations
A beautiful, full-colour monograph on the work of Rosemary Butcher, who has influenced and inspired three generations of British choreographers Since the 1970s she has been developing her own movement…
Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique
A highly detailed book on the master’s technique, written by a leading teacher at the School of American Ballet who is also one of Balanchine’s former principal dancers Illustrated with over…
The Art of Dance in Education
Despite the great progress of dance in schools, there is no single text which provides a theoretical framework to support the changes in the practice of dance in education and this book seeks to redress…
The Ballet Designs of Leslie Hurry
Settings and Costumes for Sadler's Wells Ballets - Hamlet (1942) & Le Lac des Cygnes & the Old Vic Hamlet (1944) - v. rare / Mostly plates - some colour
The Dancer and the Dance
From his debut in the Martha Graham Dance Troupe in the Thirties through to founding his own compnay, Merce Cunningham has worked towards establishing the purity of dance and its relationship with movement,…
