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Author: Naia Bray-Moffatt
Publisher: DK Children
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780789492289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Using contemporary, full-color photos featuring children learning basic dance techniques in a real ballet studio, this first ballet book captures all the romance of dance for young readers.
Author: Ashley Bouder
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 0711251290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Welcome to your first day at ballet school! Put on your ballet shoes and let’s master your basics with author and New York City Ballet principal Ashley Bouder. Learn five basic lessons, then visit the costume room, before putting on your very own show of Sleeping Beauty at the end. There's no admissions policy to our Ballet School. Whether you are already learning ballet, or thinking about starting, this class is for you. Learn your pliés, first positions, jetés, pirouettes and grand battements. But what happens if you fall? How do you stretch and look after your body? How do you get ready for class? No worries – it's all answered in this book from professional ballerina Ashley Bouder. Then go on to learn the characters and interpretations of Sleeping Beauty – taught in an inclusive way so anyone can dance the parts they want to. A helpful glossary at the back provides a review of ballet terms. Tutus are optional.
Author: Allison Kyle Leopold
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 1999-02-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780312194703
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The world-renowned Joffrey Ballet School makes the art and joy of ballet available to everyone. Let Dena Simone Moss and Allison Kyle Leopold teach you everything you need to know to get in shape, beautifully sculpt your body, and truly appreciate the art of ballet. They'll let you in on all their secrets, including: -A demystifying explanation of ballet terms and positions -Tips on finding the right instructor and studio-and feeling comfortable once you're there -Hints on ballet attire-including finding, choosing, and tying pointe shoes -An exhaustive directory of where to find ballet publications, audio and videotapes, books, dance wear, schools, and studios. Perfect for the beginner and the veteran balletomane, The Joffrey Ballet School's Ballet-Fit offers an inside glimpse into the mysterious and beautiful world of ballet.
Author: Fiona MacDonald
Publisher: Scribo
Published: 2017-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781911242840
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Class is about to begin at Rosewood Ballet School! Join Peter and the other students as they overcome bullying, self-doubt, and last-minute nerves to put on a special production of the Peter and the Wold ballet."--Back cover
Author: Dena Moss
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1999-02-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0312194706
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the world-renowned ballet school, this is a beautifully illustrated, step-by-step guide to achieving a graceful dancer's body.
Author: Allison Kyle Leopold
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 1999-02-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1429964510
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The world-renowned Joffrey Ballet School makes the art and joy of ballet available to everyone. Let Dena Simone Moss and Allison Kyle Leopold teach you everything you need to know to get in shape, beautifully sculpt your body, and truly appreciate the art of ballet. They'll let you in on all their secrets, including: -A demystifying explanation of ballet terms and positions -Tips on finding the right instructor and studio-and feeling comfortable once you're there -Hints on ballet attire-including finding, choosing, and tying pointe shoes -An exhaustive directory of where to find ballet publications, audio and videotapes, books, dance wear, schools, and studios. Perfect for the beginner and the veteran balletomane, The Joffrey Ballet School's Ballet-Fit offers an inside glimpse into the mysterious and beautiful world of ballet.
Author: Charis Marsh
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2014-02-12
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 1459728858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presenting the three titles in the Ballet School Confidential series, which follows a group of friends (and sometimes adversaries) during their time attending the Vancouver International Ballet Academy. Kaitlyn was the star at her old school, but the competition at VIBA is fierce and her reputation as a prodigy is threatened. About to turn 15 years old, Taylor is a bit of a scatterbrain. She’s got a lot of potential, but the teachers are frustrated with her lack of confidence, and her troubles at school aren’t helping. Alexandra has done everything right, and she’s determined to become a dancer, but the teachers at VIBA seem to be against helping her. Julian, at 15, loves dance, so going to a professional ballet school seems fun even if it does take over every aspect of his life. Their time at the school will test them physically and mentally, and also teach them about the values of friendship and loyalty – and watching your own back in a fiercely competitive environment. Includes Love You, Hate You I Forgot to Tell You You’re So Sweet
Author: Helen Lipscombe
Publisher: Chicken House
Published: 2020-11-05
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1913322521
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ballet Shoes meets Murder Most Unladylike in the second Swan House Ballet Mystery! Milly, her mum and her glamorous babushka head to the Nutcracker for a Christmas treat - but instead their evening ends in a bomb scare disaster. A dangerous trickster who calls himself 'the Mouse King' is playing a deadly game with Swan House, the ballet school for spies. As Milly navigates her second term, she starts to suspect there is more to the new Head of Ballet and his perfect daughter than meets the eye ... but will she let jealousy cloud her judgement?
Author: Helena Wulff
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-05-18
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1000180905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie, sexual politics, intimacies, pressures and, not least of all, its magic. Ballet companies have endeavoured to hide what is going on backstage lest the reality of highly strung nerves, constant fatigue and pain from injuries tarnish the illusion of ethereal figures and seemingly weightless steps in polished performances. But the audience's perceptions of fairy-tale worlds onstage are far removed from the experiences of the dancers themselves. The author, who trained to be a dancer, has been given an entrée to this private world that few outsiders ever see. Books on ballet tend to focus on performance. In contrast, this book, which draws on extensive fieldwork with major companies such as London's Royal Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre in New York, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Ballett Frankfurt, is about dancers - how their careers are made and unmade and what happens in dance companies offstage. Anyone interested in the culture of ballet or the theatre, as well as students of anthropology, dance, performance and cultural studies, will want to read what really goes on when the curtain comes down.
Author: Anne Searcy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-04-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0190945125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cultural exchange, arranged by the governments of the US and USSR as part of their Cold War strategies. This book explores the first tours of the exchange, by the Bolshoi in 1959 and 1962, by American Ballet Theatre in 1960, and by New York City Ballet in 1962. The tours opened up space for genuine appreciation of foreign ballet. American fans lined up overnight to buy tickets to the Bolshoi, and Soviet audiences packed massive theaters to see American companies. Political leaders, including Khrushchev and Kennedy, met with the dancers. The audience reaction, screaming and crying, was overwhelming. But the tours also began a series of deep misunderstandings. American and Soviet audiences did not view ballet in the same way. Each group experienced the other's ballet through the lens of their own aesthetics. Americans loved Soviet dancers but believed that Soviet ballets were old-fashioned and vulgar. Soviet audiences and critics likewise appreciated American technique and innovation but saw American choreography as empty and dry. Drawing on both Russian- and English-language archival sources, this book demonstrates that the separation between Soviet and American ballet lies less in how the ballets look and sound, and more in the ways that Soviet and American viewers were trained to see and hear. It suggests new ways to understand both Cold War cultural diplomacy and twentieth-century ballet.
