Dance, Ballet
BALLET COMPANION: A DANCER'S GUIDE TO THE TECHNIQUE, TRADITIONS, AND JOYS OF BALLET
A New Classic for Today's Dancer The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including:
JUDSON DANCE THEATER: THE WORK IS NEVER DONE
Using "ordinary" movements, the Judson Dance Theater stripped dance of its theatrical conventions
SIMPLE STORY
Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentine village of Laborde holds the national malambo contest. Centuries-old, this shatteringly demanding traditional gaucho dance is governed by the most rigid rules. And this festival has one stipulation that makes it unique: the malambo is danced for up to five minutes.
DANCE FOR LIFE
Breathtakingly sensual, photographer Sandro Miller s striking images of dancers are a tribute to the artists whose efforts support the important charitable work of Chicago s Dance for Life. As the group s exclusive photographer, Sandro has come to know the dancers well, and their trust in his artistry has resulted in this magnificent collection of intimate, unforgettable portraits.
WHAT THE EYE HEARS: A HISTORY OF TAP DANCING
The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms--along with jazz and musical comedy--created in America
ARTHUR ELGORT: BALLET
Following his career-spanning monograph The Big Picture, Arthur Elgort pays homage to his first love and eternal muse in this new collection of photographs. Through Elgort's lens we encounter ballet not onstage but behind the scenes where the hard work is done.
BOLSHOI CONFIDENTIAL: SECRETS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET--FROM THE RULE OF THE TSARS TO TODAY
Written by Simon Morrison
Author Simon Morrison will be in conversation with Wendy Perrron, Editor-at-large of Dance magazine, about Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet, From the Rule of the Tsars to Today. Book signing to follow. To learn more about the book, please click here. An enthralling, definitive new history of the Bolshoi Ballet, where visionary performances onstage compete with political machinations backstage.
MARCEL DZAMA: THE BOOK OF BALLET
Published on the occasion of Marcel Dzama's (born 1974) collaborative ballet with choreographer Justin Peck and musician Bryce Dessner at the New York City Ballet, The Book of Ballet documents the genesis of all aspects of the project. It begins with "The Most Incredible Thing," the Hans Christian Andersen story on which the ballet is based, and presents Dzama's costume designs.
DANCE IN CUBA
In 2003 American Photo magazine named Gil Garcetti one of the nation's master photographers. His two critically acclaimed Balcony Press books Iron: Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Frozen Music have been praised for their evocation of the poetry of architecture and the soul of those entrusted with its construction.
MISTY COPELAND: POWER AND GRACE
Power and grace define Misty Copeland an influential ballet dancer who has broken through difficult barriers to become the first female African-American to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Misty has proven adversity can be conquered by reaching higher and working harder to define what is humanly possible, regardless of the path one chooses to follow their dreams.
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