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
DANCE IN CUBA
Written by Garcetti, Gil
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.
TALK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Written by Noisette, Phillipe
A densely illustrated and comprehensive introduction to an art form that is enjoying a boon in popularity due to its links with pop culture, fashion, and music. This engaging and unpretentious introduction to contemporary dance explores the discipline in all its facets, from opera to hip-hop and from circus skills to fashion.
IN THE COMPANY OF STARS: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Written by Uferas, Gerard
Gerard Uferas spent a year with the Paris Opera Ballet family, and his photographs lead readers into the private world of the Opera Garnier, Paris's landmark opera house. He took his camera backstage, into the wings, the practice halls named after the great figures in the history of ballet, and the ornate neo-Baroque foyer where the dancers gather to warm up before each performance.
IN CLASSIC STYLE: THE SPLENDOR OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (DELUXE)
Written by Ellison, Nancy
This oversized, deluxe volume celebrating the exquisite spectacle that embodies the excellence of American Ballet Theatre, recognized by Congress as America's national ballet company, presents the unfolding beauty, grace, agility, and sheer force of its most recent productions.
DARCEY BUSSELL
Written by Bussell, Darcey
A glorious photographic celebration of the life and career of Darcey Bussell the incredible, world-class ballerina. Darcey Bussell is widely considered to be one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time.
ELEONORA ABBAGNATO
Written by Crippa, Valeria
Eleonora Abbagnato is the prima ballerina at the Opéra de Paris. This original volume reveals her artistic versatility through photographs of four celebrated ballets. This is the ideal gift for aspiring dancers and those who always dreamed of taking up this career.
PEAK OF PERFECTION: NUDE PORTRAITS OF DANCERS, ATHLETES, AND GYMNASTS
Written by Ortner, Jon
The search for physical perfection began with the Greeks, who first competed nude in athletic games in the 8th century BCE and created their gods in the ideal human form. Peak of Perfection celebrates the universal fascination with the nude and the power of beauty.
DANCE TO THE PIPER
Written by de Mille, Agnes
Born into a family of successful playwrights and producers, Agnes de Mille was determined to be an actress. Then one day she witnessed the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, and her life was altered forever. Hypnotized by Pavlova's beauty, in that moment de Mille dedicated herself to dance.
ROBERTO BOLLE: VOYAGE INTO BEAUTY
Written by Bolle, Roberto
This lavish photographic volume presents the magnificent Roberto Bolle, principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre and guest artist at La Scala and the Royal Ballet, in the most beautiful locations throughout Italy, from St. Mark's Square to Agrigento, from the Colosseum to Pompeii. Through the art of dance, Bolle has become one of Italy's cultural ambassadors to the world.
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