Book of Ballet Learning and Appreciating the Secrets of Dance

Name: Book of Ballet Learning and Appreciating the Secrets of Dance
Price: 6.37 USD
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ISBN: 9780789308658

ISBN-10: 0789308657

ISBN-13: 9780789308658

Edition: 2003

Authors: American Ballet Theatre Staff, Hanna Rubin, Nancy Ellison, American Ballet Theatre

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This text offers a thorough explanation of each step in a ballet dancer's routine, from trying the shoes, to stretching, working at the barre, practising jumps, and rehearsing an entire program, to the finale, and the performance itself.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Universe Publishing
Publication date: 7/4/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction


Begin with a Dream


Starting Out


Positions


A Selection of the Fundamentals


Classwork


Before Class


Shoes


Stretching


Training Health, and Injury Prevention


At the Bane


Center work


Jump


Rehearsal


Line


Delicacy


Elevation


Consistency


Musicality


Expressiveness


Amplitude


Dynamism


Staging a Ballet


Choreography


Valentine by Lar Lubovitch


Collaboration


Setting


Gong by Mark Morris


Partnering


The Touring Life


Performance


Preparing


The Virtuoso Dancer


The Bravura Dancer


The Noble Dancer


The Adagio Ballerina


The Allegro Ballerina


Character and Mime


The Ballets


Giselle


La Bayadere


The Sleeping Beauty


Swan Lake


The Nutcracker


Don Quixote


Le Corsaire


Grand Pas Classique


Apollo


The Prodigal Son


Diana and Actaeon


The Dream


La Fille Mal Gardee


Romeo and Juliet


Onegin


Manon


The Leaves are Fading


Farewell


A Prima Ballerina Retires