A teacher, lecturer and writer on the subject of ballet technique and dance history, Joan Lawson here provides an in-depth examination of the tasks and art of choreography. In A Balletmaker's Handbook, Lawson looks at sources of inspiration, balletic materials, choreographic vocabularies, and dance styles from the perspective of the beginning balletmaker. She employs numerous examples from a range of nineteenth and twentieth century ballets, some of the best known choreographed by Coralli and Perrot, Petipa and Ivanov, Nijinska, Balanchine, Ashton and MacMillan.Artfully combining history, analysis, and reference, A Balletmaker's Handbook is a hands-on guide for dancers, choreographers, and teachers of ballet.
- ISBN10 0878300171
- ISBN13 9780878300174
- Publish Date 1 November 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Theatre Arts
- Format Paperback
- Pages 150
- Language English