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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 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 imageThe art of teaching ballet.

Author: Warren, Gretchen Ward

Published: 1996

A profile of ten major master ballet teachers, capturing their philosophies, training methods, and classroom presence.... [full description]

Paperback [1933-PB] £ 16.95 Add to order


Cover imageBalanchine the teacher: fundamentals that shaped the first generation of New York City Ballet dancers.

Author: Walczak, Barbara & Una Kai

Published: 2008

Balanchine the Teacher is a technical explanation of the stylistic approaches that he taught in New York City... [full description]

Paperback [5492-PB] £ 18.95 Add to order


Cover imageBallet barre and center combinations. Volume 1: word descriptions.

Author: Crist, Linda

Published: 2000

The author offers at least ten possible versions of each traditional ballet exercise: plie, battement tendu, battement... [full description]

Paperback [2644-PB] £ 30.00 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] £ 16.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe ballet companion, a dancer's guide to the technique, traditions, and joys of ballet.

Author: Minden, Eliza Gaynor

Published: 2005

A fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up to date reference book for the dancer. With 150 photographs of ballet stars... [full description]

Hardback [4603-HB] £ 18.95 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, from the first plie to mastery, an eight year course.

Author: Paskevska, Anna

Published: 1990, 2002

A reprint of a 1990 title, a step-by-step guide to ballet technique for the teacher of the beginning dancer, based on... [full description]

Paperback [0767-PB] £ 17.99 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] £ 29.99 Add to order


Basic principles of classical ballet.

Author: Vaganova, Agrippina

Published: 1949, 1969

The great Russian teacher's presentation of her own teaching methods, choosing the best in the various ballet... [full description]

Paperback [1863-PB] £ 5.95 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 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 imageClasses in classical ballet.

Author: Messerer, Asaf

Published: 1972, 2007

A reprint of one of the groundbreaking manuals of classical ballet technique. Asaf Messerer danced with the Bolshoi... [full description]

Paperback [5202-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order


Cover imageThe classic ballet.

Author: Kirstein, Lincoln & Carlus Dyer

Published: 1952, 1998

One of the classic texts on ballet technique, with some of the best line drawings ever made to illustrate the finer... [full description]

Paperback [2167-PB] £ 15.95 Add to order


Cover imageClassical ballet technique

Author: Warren, Gretchen Ward

Published: 1989

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to ballet technique, illustrated by over 2,600 black-and-white photographs. It... [full description]

Paperback [1921-PB] £ 27.50 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


Cover imageCombinations 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 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


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 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 imageMaria Fay's floor barre.

Author: Fay , Maria

Published: 2003

In her long and varied career as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach, Maria Fay became constantly aware of the... [full description]

Paperback [2329-PB] £ 12.95 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


Cover imageThe pointe book.

Author: Barringer, Janice & Schlesinger Sarah

Published: 2004

The only book of its kind, this expanded second edition of The Pointe Book provides a comprehensive guide to... [full description]

Paperback [1118-PB] £ 15.00 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 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 imageStarting ballet.

Author: Edom, Helen & Nicola Katrak

Published: 1993

A practical guide for young dancers, covering everything they want to know about ballet and helping them to try out... [full description]

Paperback [2042-PB] £ 4.99 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] £ 14.99 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] £ 25.00 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


Teaching classical ballet.

Author: White, John

Published: 1996

Step by step instruction on the art and craft of teaching ballet, by an American teacher of over 40 years experience.... [full description]

Paperback [1959-PB] £ 23.95 Add to order


Technical manual & dictionary of classical ballet

Author: Grant, Gail

Published: 1967, 1982

One of the most popular and effective ballet technique reference guides, now in its third edition. More than a thousand... [full description]

Paperback [2540-PB] £ 4.95 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



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