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Books: Ballet - Technique



Cover imageABC of ballet.

Author: Grosser, Janet

Published: 1999

A concise, 40-page, clearly worded introduction to the language and positions of classical ballet. 49 line drawings.

Paperback [2741-PB] £ 1.50 Add to order


Cover imageAlphabet of classical dance.

Author: Bazarova, Nadezhda & Varvara Mey

Published: 1987

Alphabet of Classical Dance sets out in detail the classes taught in their first three years of study to... [full description]

Paperback [2946-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageAnne Woolliams: Method of classical ballet.

Author: Woolliams, Anne & Akiko Yuzurihara

Published: 2006

Anne Woolliams, who helped John Cranko build the Stuttgart Ballet into an internationally recognised dance company, was... [full description]

Hardback [4746-HB] £ 32.00 Add to order


Cover imageAn applicant's guide to auditioning and interviewing at dance and drama schools.

Author: Council for Dance Education & Training

Published: 2002

A short guide to the process of applying to a vocational dance or drama school in the UK, from choosing the right... [full description]

Paperback [2440-PB] £ 2.50 Add to order


Cover imageBallet barre and center combinations. Volume 2: music score.

Author: Crist, Linda & Suzanne Knosp

Published:

Sheet Music [2645-MU] £ 20.00 Add to order


Cover imageBallet barre and center combinations. Volume 3: Labanotation score.

Author: Crist, Linda

Published:

Spiral bound [2646-SP] £ 40.00 Add to order


Cover imageBallet beyond tradition: the role of movement concepts in ballet technique.

Author: Paskevska, Anna

Published: 2005

For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners... [full description]

Paperback [4642-PB] £ 14.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe ballet book: learning and appreciating the secrets of dance with American Ballet Theatre.

Author: Ellison, Nancy & Hanna Rubin

Published:

The definitive book for learning and appreciating ballet, The Ballet Book goes behind the scenes to the classes,... [full description]

Paperback [1818-PB] £ 18.95 Add to order


Cover imageBallet class coloring book.

Author: Green, John & Caroline Denzler

Published: 1997

Forty two line drawings for children to colour, depicting what goes on in a ballet class from lacing up shoes to... [full description]

Paperback [0750-PB] £ 3.99 Add to order


Cover imageBallet for dummies.

Author: Speck, Scott & Evelyn Cisneros

Published: 2003

Dont know your plié from your relevé? This guide shows you the fun and easy way to practice ballet, from... [full description]

Paperback [0796-PB] £ 12.99 Add to order


Cover imageBallet: beyond the basics.

Author: Hammond, Sandra Noll

Published:

Ballet technique for adult students who have gone beyond the basics but are not yet advanced dancers.

Paperback [0235-PB] £ 25.99 Add to order


Cover imageBournonville and ballet technique.

Author: Bruhn, Erik & Lillian Moore

Published: 2005

A facsimile reprint of a now very rare 1961 publication, in which the great Danish dancer Erik Bruhn and the American... [full description]

Paperback [3684-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageBournonville ballet technique - fifty enchainements.

Author: Jurgensen, Knud Arne & Vivi Flindt

Published: 1992

Fifty school exercises, selected and reconstructed from the notations of Hans Beck (Bournonville's successor) which he... [full description]

Hardback [2959-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order


Cover imageBournonville ballet technique - video.

Published:

This video offers a new approach to the study of the technique of the great nineteenth century Danish choreographer... [full description]

PAL Video [3268-VI] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Bournonville School.

Author: Ralov, Kirsten & Anne Marie Vessel Schluter

Published:

The complete six Bournonville daily classes, based on the originals created by Hans Beck, performed on two DVDs by... [full description]

Boards & DVD [4522-BD] £ 60.00 Add to order

DVD [4522-DV] £ 50.00 Add to order


Cover imageCarlo Blasis' Treatise on Dance 1820 - 1830.

Author: Pappacena, Flavia

Published: 2005

The text of Blasis' Traité Elémentaire, Théorique et Pratique de l'Art de la Danse, given... [full description]

Paperback [4532-PB] £ 32.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Cecchetti Legacy.

Author: Guest, Ann Hutchinson & Toby Bennett

Published: 2007

The Cecchetti Legacy provides a more detailed account of the Cecchetti Method than has hitherto been available.... [full description]

Paperback [5238-PB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe Cecchetti method of classical ballet.

Author: Beaumont, Cyril W. & Stanislas Idzikowski

Published: 1932

This is a reprint of the 1932 revision of the 1922 first edition of the book universally known as The Cecchetti... [full description]

Paperback [4358-PB] £ 5.95 Add to order


Cover imageClassical ballet terms, an illustrated dictionary.

Author: Glasstone, Richard

Published: 2001

Wherever ballet is taught in the world, and in whatever language, it retains one common denominator: the technical... [full description]

Paperback [1059-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Classical dance, a complete manual of the Cecchetti method, volume 1.

Author: Cecchetti, Grazioso

Published: 2000

A technical manual by Enrico Cecchetti's son, Grazioso, based on his father's work, and giving a sound theoretical... [full description]

Paperback [2640-PB] £ 15.95 Add to order


Classical dance, a complete manual of the Cecchetti method, volume 2.

Author: Cecchetti, Grazioso

Published:

The second volume of a technical manual by Enrico Cecchetti's son, Grazioso, based on his father's work, and giving a... [full description]

Paperback [3686-PB] £ 15.95 Add to order


Combinations for allegro: 52 enchainements based on allegro and petit allegro steps. Book and CD.

Author: Coops, Moira & Barbara Hannan

Published: 1996

Fifty-two allegro combinations from elementary to advanced level, with full text and Benesh Movement Notation, together... [full description]

Paperback and CD [2455-PD] £ 27.95 Add to order


Cover imageDictionary of ballet terms.

Author: Kersley, Leo & Janet Sinclair

Published: 1952, 1997

Explanations for more than 250 ballet terms, illustrated with over 100 line drawings by Barry Jackson.

Paperback [3349-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order


Cover imageEtudes Choregraphiques (1848, 1855, 1861).

Author: Bournonville, August

Published: 2005

Three works, from three different periods in the great Danish choreographer's life, published under the overall title... [full description]

Hardback [4531-HB] £ 60.00 Add to order


The foundations of classical ballet technique.

Author: Royal Academy of Dancing

Published: 1997

The basic elements, positions and movements of classical ballet technique: why they are important and how they are to... [full description]

Hardback [2843-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Getting started in ballet.

Author: Paskevska, Anna

Published: 1997

A step-by-step introduction to dance education for parents with children starting ballet.

Paperback [0675-PB] £ 7.95 Add to order


Cover imageInside ballet technique, separating anatomical fact from fiction in the ballet class.

Author: Grieg, Valerie

Published:

The natural anatomical laws governing human movement and body mechanics, and their relation to the dancer's acquisition... [full description]

Paperback [2675-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order


Cover imageThe language of ballet.

Author: Mara, Thalia

Published:

A dictionary of classical ballet terms, with phonetic pronounciation.

Paperback [0224-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageLessons in classical dance.

Author: Golovkina, Sophia

Published: 1991

Lessons in classical dance is designed for teachers of Russian classical ballet at advanced level. The six... [full description]

Hardback [2771-HB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageMind over body, the development of the dancer - the role of the teacher.

Author: Fay , Maria

Published: 1997

Drawn from her thought provoking articles for The Dancing Times. With her long experience as a teacher Fay provides... [full description]

Paperback [0853-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order


Cover imageNicolas Legat - heritage of a ballet master.

Author: Eglevsky, Andre & John Gregory

Published: 1978

The life and work of one of the twentieth century's great ballet masters, with reminiscences and tributes by leading... [full description]

Hardback [3017-HB] £ 8.95 Add to order


Cover imageOn pointe.

Author: Mara, Thalia & Janice Barringer

Published: 2005

Two books in one: a revised, updated and expanded version of Thalia Mara's Fourth steps in ballet: on your toes.... [full description]

Paperback [4534-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageOne hundred lessons in classical ballet.

Author: Kostrovitskaya, Vera

Published:

Lessons taken from the eight-year course taught at the Vaganova Choreographic School in St. Petersburg.

Paperback [2244-PB] £ 17.95 Add to order


Pas de deux, a textbook on partnering.

Author: Serebrennikov, Nikolai

Published: 2000

The standard textbook on pas de deux, in a new edition edited and expanded by Marian Horosko.

Paperback [2766-PB] £ 12.95 Add to order


Cover imagePointe shoes, tips and tricks.

Author: Reinhardt, Angela

Published: 2008

Graceful technique and perfect execution for a dancer are possible only with perfectly fitting pointe shoes. For the... [full description]

Paperback [5249-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe progressions of classical ballet technique.

Author: Royal Academy of Dancing

Published: 2002

A companion to the Academy's earlier publication Foundations of classical ballet technique. The present volume... [full description]

Paperback [2563-PB] £ 28.25 Add to order


Cover imageSchool of classical dance.

Author: Kostrovitskaya, Vera

Published: 1978, 1995

One of the most important of all Russian ballet technique manuals. The author was for many years Agrippina Vaganova's... [full description]

Paperback [2606-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


The six questions, acting technique for dance performance.

Author: Nagrin, Daniel

Published: 1997

Acting techniques for dancers, based on the work of Stanislavski and Helen Tamiris.

Paperback [3295-PB] £ 17.95 Add to order


Cover imageLa Stenochoregraphie.

Author: Saint-Leon, Arthur

Published: 2006

Arthur Saint-Léon, creator of the famous ballet Coppélia was the dominant figure in European... [full description]

Paperback [5099-PB] £ 24.00 Add to order


Step by step ballet class.

Author: Royal Academy of Dancing

Published: 1994

An introduction to ballet technique for children, based on the syllabus of the Royal Academy of Dancing (pre-primary to... [full description]

Paperback [1155-PB] £ 12.99 Add to order


Cover imageSteps in ballet.

Author: Mara, Thalia

Published: 2004

A compilation of three of Thalia Mara's earlier books (First, Second, and Third Steps in Ballet, the... [full description]

Paperback [4304-PB] £ 12.95 Add to order


Cover imageSuki Schorer on Balanchine technique.

Author: Schorer, Suki

Published: 1999

A highly detailed book on Balanchine technique, written by one of his former principal dancers, now a leading teacher... [full description]

Hardback [2523-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order


Cover imageTeaching beginning ballet technique

Author: Kassing, Gayle & Danielle M Jay

Published: 1998

Even dancers who have studied ballet for many years may be intimidated by the idea of teaching ballet technique.... [full description]

Paperback [3572-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageTechnique for the ballet artiste.

Author: Spessivtzeva, Olga

Published:

The author was one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, and a considerable part of her greatness was due to... [full description]

Paperback [2682-PB] £ 4.95 Add to order


Cover imageThird steps in ballet.

Author: Mara, Thalia

Published:

An introduction to basic allegro steps, with over 100 drawings and accompanying text.

Paperback [0233-PB] £ 5.00 Add to order


Cover imageL'uomo fisico, intellettuale e morale.

Author: Blasis, Carlo

Published: 2007

A facsimile reproduction of the 1868 Italian text edition of Blasis' work, preceded by detailed notes in both English... [full description]

Paperback [5337-PB] £ 30.00 Add to order



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