Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951) is revered as the visionary who first codified the Russian system of classical ballet training. The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, founded on impeccable technique and centuries of tradition, has a reputation for elite standards, and its graduates include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, and Diana Vishneva. Yet the “Vaganova method” has come under criticism in recent years. In this absorbing volume, Catherine Pawlick traces Vaganova’s sto...
Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique
When still a young dancer in the New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer was chosen by George Balanchine to lecture, demonstrate, and teach - he recognized in her that rare dancer who not only performs superbly but can also successfully pass along what she knows to others. In ""Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique"", she commits to paper the fruit of her twenty-four-year collaboration with Balanchine in a close examination of his technique for teachers, scholars, and advanced students of the ballet....
A historian's task is a voyage of discovery, and in these personal reminiscences Ivor Guest allows the reader to share the romance of recreating times past. Since his first published article appeared in the 1940s he has vastly expanded and enriched our knowledge of ballet in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through more than a score of books, many of them definitive works, that are a rare blend of scrupulous scholarship and readability. The story of his involvement in the world of ballet...
This biography traces Nureyev's remarkable climb out of poverty in the war-torn Soviet Union to become one of the 20th century's most popular and influential artists. We see the roots of the defiant spirit that fuelled Nureyev's unquenchable desire to dance until his final days.
9 And Just A Itty Bitty Pretty Little Miss Tiny Dancer
by Not So Boring Sketchbooks
Has your child ever shown an interest in wanting to learn to dance? This comprehensive and easy-to-understand volume is the perfect guide to the basics of ballet for children. "Learning Ballet" is packed with advice, inspiration, and motivation for little ones to learn the essential positions and movements at their own pace, as well as a number of easy exercises that can be done at home. Also included in this superb volume are a number of colourful worksheets that allow children to really see th...
Modern Dance in Germany and the United States (Choreography & Dance Studies, Vol 5)
by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ballet Practice Log
by Smart Books Academy, Dance Press, and Smart Books
