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Ballet 101
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A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet
Noted dance writer & critic Robert Greskovic offers this comprehensive handbook on how to watch & appreciate ballet. Topics covered in Ballet 101 include:
-A thorough and international history of the ballet
-A look at the dancers and their training and physiology
-An examination of the narrative versus the non-narrative ballet
-Lists of recommended reading material and video recordings, and an invaluabe glossary of dance terms
The majority of the book is devoted to a complete anaysis of sixteen popular ballets ranging from classical ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet to the modern efforts of Twyla Tharp in Push Comes to Shove.
Forward by Mikhail Baryshnikov
Price:
£12.99
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