Dance, Ballet
JEROME ROBBINS, BY HIMSELF: SELECTIONS FROM HIS LETTERS, JOURNALS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND AN UNFINISHED MEMOIR
Written by Robbins, Jerome
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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:
GREAT NIJINSKY: GOD OF DANCE
Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life.
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.
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