STYLE OF MOVEMENT: FASHION AND DANCE
Style meets movement: a new photography book featuring more than eighty of today's most famous dancers, captured in movement and styled in garments...
Dance, Ballet
SWAN DIVE: THE MAKING OF A ROGUE BALLERINA
Written by Pazcoguin, Georgina
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet--the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB's first Asian American female soloist Georgina Pazcogu
FREE: A LIFE IN IMAGES AND WORDS
The early life path of Ukraine-born Sergei Polunin was akin to a dancer's fairytale. A precocious talent. Ballet training in Kiev. Admission to the Royal Ballet School in London at 13. First solo performance at the Royal Ballet at 19. At 20, promotion to the youngest ever principal. Then, at 21, a sudden rupture took place: the superstar Polunin moved on.
KEEP IT MOVING: LESSONS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Written by Tharp, Twyla
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the world's legendary artists and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets--from insight to action--for harnessing vitality, finding purpose as you age, and expanding one's possibilities over the course of a lifetime in her newest New York Times bestseller Keep It Moving. At seventy-eight, Twyla
MICHAEL CLARK
Written by Ostende, Florence
Explore the groundbreaking performances and creative collaborations of iconic Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. Hailed as British dance's true iconoclast, Michael Clark is a defining cultural figure in the contemporary dance world.
DANCE WE DO: A POET EXPLORES BLACK DANCE
Written by Shange, Ntozake
In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings. Many learned of Ntozake Shange's ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf made its way to Broadway in 1976, eve
CHOREOGRAPHY: CREATING AND DEVELOPING DANCE FOR PERFORMANCE
Written by Flatt, Kate
Choreography is the highly creative process of interpreting and coordinating movement, music, and space in performance. By tracing different facets of development and exploring the essential artistic and practical skills of the choreographer, this book offers unique insights for apprentice dance makers.
DANCE DANCE FILM ESSAYS
Previously uncollected dance writings from the legendary art critic who defined the Pictures Generation, in a handsome clothbound edition
MISTY COPELAND
The first authorized photographic tribute to the prolific and wildly inspiring ballerina, these unique and evocative artful color photographs by the celebrated photographer Gregg Delman, capture Misty's grace and strength, and are much anticipated by the worldwide audience who can't get enough of Misty.This stunning volume of photographs captures the sculpturally exquisite and iconic ballerina.
MERCE CUNNINGHAM: AFTER THE ARBITRARY
Written by Noland, Carrie
One of the most influential choreographers of the twentieth century, Merce Cunningham is known for introducing chance to dance. Far too often, however, accounts of Cunningham's work have neglected its full scope, focusing on his collaborations with the visionary composer John Cage or insisting that randomness was the singular goal of his choreography.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
Written by Hartshorne, Pamela
- A lavishly illustrated volume celebrating the 100-year history of the Royal Academy of Dance, a world-leading dance education institution- Organized into illuminating sections on music, choreography and costume, and on the traditions that many of those who have taken a ballet exam will remember- An insight into every aspect of the Academy's history: dancing and education, performances and compet
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