NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and…
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Jennifer Homans
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Random House, November 2010
ISBN: 9780679603900
Dance, Classical
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Akim Volynsky was a Russian literary critic, journalist, and art historian who became Saint Petersburgs liveliest and most prolific ballet critic in the early part of the twentieth century. This book…
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Akim Volynsky
Yale University Press, December 2008
ISBN: 9780300142495
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Passion to Dance is the story of the National Ballet of Canada -- the people who dreamt the company into existence, the determination needed to keep it afloat, the bumps on the road to its success…
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James Neufeld
Dundurn, October 2011
ISBN: 9781459701229
Entertainment, Dance
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The Joffrey Ballet, acclaimed as a groundbreaking book when it was published, tells a story that was kept largely hidden from public view for many years. The company made ballets about beatniks…
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Sasha Anawalt
Self-Published, January 2012
ISBN: 9780985213701
Dance, Classical
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India is endowed with a rich cultural heritage founded on the profound faith of the Indians on religion. Tracing down the history of Indian classical dances, one would find that the temples provided…
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Shovana Narayan
New Dawn Press, Inc, October 2005
ISBN: 9788120727953
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Rudolf Nureyev had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. With Nureyev: The…
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Julie Kavanagh
Vintage, October 2011
ISBN: 9780307807342
Dance, Classical
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Drawing on extensive new research, Charles M. Joseph discusses the Stravinsky-Balanchine ballets against a rich contextual backdrop. He explores the background and psychology of the two men, the…
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Susan Leigh Foster
Indiana University Press, September 1998
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Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories reflect both the hardships and the…
"Ballet is about as transparent as the federal government, which means that a very small percentage of its backstage business makes it into the public eye. Author Stephen Manes is about to change all…