The Ballets Russes and Its World
This well illustrated book surveys the dance, art, music and cultural worlds of the Ballets Russes. It begins with Diaghilev's early life, followed by discussion of his tangled relationship with Stravinsky and the war between modernism and classicism in the ballets and concludes by investigating the company's legacy in the US and UK.
Lighting Dance pioneers the discussion of the ability of lighting design to foreground shadow in dance performances. Through a series of experiments integrating light, shadow, and improvised dance movement, it highlights and analyses what it advances as an innovative expression of shadow in dance as an alternative to more conventional approaches to lighting design. Different art forms, such as painting, film, and dance pieces from Loie Fuller, the Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Elevenplay, Pi...
Challenging and unsettling their predecessors, modern choreographers such as Matthew Bourne, Mark Morris and Masaki Iwana have courted controversy and notoriety by reimagining the most canonical of Classical and Romantic ballets. In this book, Vida L. Midgelow illustrates the ways in which these contemporary reworkings destroy and recreate their source material, turning ballet from a classical performance to a vital exploration of gender, sexuality and cultural difference. Reworking the Balle...
A dance teacher explains ballet techniques to her young pupils and includes in the lessons the history of ballet, stories of the great dancers, and discussions of famous ballets.
My Life With the Royal Ballet as a Dancer and Teacher
by Valerie Adams
Contemporary Indian Dance (Studies in International Performance)
by K. Katrak
Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues.
6 And Just A Itty Bitty Pretty Little Miss Tiny Dancer
by Not So Boring Sketchbooks