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Bournonville Ballet Technique
Presenting 50 school exercises, selected and reconstructed from the notations of Hans Beck (Bournonville's successor) which he made in 1893, and are preserved in the Copenhagen Theatre Museum These exercises…
Bournonville Ballet Technique - Piano Score ONLY
Sheet music to accompany the eponymous book and video
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…
Frederick Ashton and his Ballets
This revised edition of Vaughan’s seminal work includes a new final chapter and an updated chronology of work, and is an essential book both for historian of 20th Century ballet and for lovers of Ashton’s…
Laban For All
A basic ‘how to’ book on the Laban system of movement offering a simplified version of Rudolf Laban’s system for analysing - and annotating - the way the human being moves It can be used by…
Letters on Dance and Choreography
A translation into English, by Knud Arne Jurgensen, of a newly discovered series of eight public letters, first published in France in 1860, in which Bournonville discusses the artistic and aesthetic aspects…
Modern Dance Terminology
The first and only book to define modern dance concepts, terms, principles and movements in the words of the great founders of modern dance
Ninette de Valois - Idealist Without Illusions
Dame Ninette de Valois has devoted her whole life to the theatre. This collaboration with the distinguished ballet historian and critic, Katherine Sorley Walker, shows how de Valois has always recognised…
Researching Dance
This paperback text introduces students to research methods in dance. The editors introduce dance as evolutional, raising issues of definition and naming, defining dance in view of its intrinsic participatory…
Rudolf Laban - An Introduction to His Work and Influence
This book sets Laban’s work in perspective and gives a sound basis for genuine understanding of his influence
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 Ballet Called Giselle
First published in 1944, and thus now somewhat dated, this classic book remains the definitive work on one of the great ballets of the romantic period, with detailed discussions of the characters and their…
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 Dancers Complete Guide to Healthcare and a Long Career
Here is the place where both the beginner and the more experienced dancer will find helpful advice on everything from diet to care of injuries to ballet as a business
Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Dancing
First published in Naples in 1779, Magri’s treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work bridging the gap between pre-romantic ballet technique and the beginnings of…
Thinking Body
First published in Naples in 1779, Magri’s treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work bridging the gap between pre-romantic ballet technique and the beginnings of…
Vision of Modern Dance - New Edition
Selected writing by 33 important American modern dancers, from Isadora Duncan through Martha Graham to Trischa Brown. The moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists…
