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 Conditioning for dancers.
Author: Welsh, Tom Published: 2009 Category: Anatomy and physiology Conditioning for dancers is a resource for dancers and other active people who approach training their bodies as... [full description] | Paperback [5793-PB] £ 15.95 Add to order |
 Bringing Balanchine Back. New York City Ballet.
Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet Bringing Balanchine Back tells the story of New York City Ballet's historic visit to St. Petersburg, Russia to... [full description] | DVD [5783-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Site dance, choreographers and the lure of alternative spaces.
Author: Kloetzel, Melanie & Carolyn Pavlik Published: 2009 Category: Modern - General In the wake of groundbreaking experiments in the 1960s, more and more dance performances are cropping up on... [full description] | Hardback [5792-HB] £ 32.00 Add to order |
 The Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz, volume 1 - the history.
Author: Hudson, Richard Published: 1986, 2009 Category: Early Dance First published in 1986, this is the first of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allmende, the Balletto and... [full description] | Paperback [5790-PB] £ 21.99 Add to order |
 The Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz, volume II - the music.
Author: Hudson, Richard Published: 1986, 2009 Category: Early Dance First published in 1986, this is the second of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allemand, the Balletto and... [full description] | Paperback [5791-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 Les Ballets Trockadero, volumes 1 & 2.
Published: 2001, 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet The all male drag ballet company in a selection of riotous parodies now bolth volumes in one box set. Volume 1 includes... [full description] | DVD [5794-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 The Bolshoi Ballet - The Pharaoh's Daughter; Pique Dame; Bolt.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Boxed set of the Bolshoi Ballet dancing The Pharaoh's Daughter, Pique Dame and Bolt. The dancers include... [full description] | DVD [5795-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order |
 Apologie de la danse.
Author: de Lauze, Francois Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance A transcription of the original French text of the 1623 manual on dance technique and etiquette, with full English... [full description] | Hardback [5796-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order |
 Trattato del Ballo Nobile.
Author: Dufort, Giambatista Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance A facsimile reproduction of Giambatista Dufort's manual, published in Naples in 1728, with text entirely in... [full description] | Hardback [5782-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order |
 Traite sur l'art de la danse.
Author: Malpied, M Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance A facsimile reprint of the second edition published in Paris in 1780. Malpied's instructional manual describes Baroque... [full description] | Hardback [5775-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order |
 Gypsy Mixture and Nigredo - Richard Alston Dance Company.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance These two works by Richard Alston perfectly demonstrate the range of his choreography and musical taste - from the... [full description] | DVD [5786-DV] £ 25.99 Add to order |
 Recueil de Nouvelles Contredances.
Author: Dezais, Monsieur Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance Dezais' II Recueil de Nouvelles Contredances was published in Paris in 1712. Apart from a brief introduction (in... [full description] | Hardback [5781-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order |
 The art of dancing and six dances.
Author: Tomlinson, Kellom Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance Kellom Tomlinson was one of the most important figures in the history of dance in England in the early 18th century.... [full description] | Hardback [5780-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 From Rout to Regency.
Published: 2009 Category: Early Dance A workbook prepared for the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's summer school in 2008. It includes performing... [full description] | Spiral bound [5776-SP] £ 8.50 Add to order |
 Historical dances for the theatre: the pavan and minuet.
Author: Guthrie, John Published: 1982 Category: Early Dance Detailed practical instructions on how to perform the 18th century Minuet, with brief notes on the 16th century Pavan.... [full description] | Paperback [5772-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 Orpheus und Eurydike. Paris Opera Ballet.
Author: Bausch, Pina Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet Pina Bausch's choreographic version of the Gluck opera, filmed at the Paris Opera Ballet in 2008. The cast includes... [full description] | DVD [5762-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Nutrition for the dancer.
Author: Mastin, Zerlina Published: 2009 Category: Anatomy and physiology The tremendous physical mastery of a 21st century dancer undoubtedly rivals that of an athlete, but the importance and... [full description] | Paperback [5746-PB] £ 12.50 Add to order |
 Fernando Bujones, an autobiography.
Author: Bujones, Fernando & Zeida Cecilia-Mendez Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General This story takes the reader through Bujones' escape from Cuba at age 9, to his start as a gifted scholarship student at... [full description] | Hardback [5771-HB] £ 25.99 Add to order |
 Four elements - Four seasons. Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance A modern dance realisation of two classic 18th century music scores: Jean Féry Rebel's Les... [full description] | DVD [5779-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
From Rout to Regency. Published: 2009 Category: Early Dance A workbook prepared for the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society's summer school in 2008. It includes performing... [full description] | Spiral bound [5776-SP] £ 8.50 Add to order |
 From Rout to Regency, CD1.
Published: 2008 Category: CDs - Early dance Dances for the fashionable assembly in Britain and Europe, from Louis XIV to the Prince Regent. This music was produced... [full description] | CD [5777-CD] £ 9.19 Add to order |
 From Rout to Regency, CD2.
Published: 2008 Category: CDs - Early dance Dances for the fashionable assembly in Britain and Europe, from Louis XIV to the Prince Regent to music arranged and... [full description] | CD [5778-CD] £ 9.19 Add to order |
 Sleeping Beauty. Alla Sizova, Yuri Solovyov, Natalia Makarova and the Kirov Ballet.
Published: 1965 Category: DVDs - Ballet The Kirov Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty in this classic colour motion picture from 1965. The... [full description] | DVD [5768-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 Strictly come dancing - live at the O2.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballroom Full of sparkle, drama, thrills and laughs, this magnificent stage show features some of your favourite dancers from... [full description] | DVD [5769-DV] £ 20.42 Add to order |
 Strictly come dancing, step-by-step dance class.
Author: Baker, Kele & Ralf Schiller Published: 2009 Category: Social - Technique Dance yourself fit with the beginner's guide to all the dances from the show. Easy-to-follow footprint diagrams and... [full description] | Paperback [5770-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order |
 Stopmotion, the dance photography of Chris Nash.
Author: Nash, Chris Published: 2001 Categories: Photography, Modern - General 37 colour and black & white images of British modern dancers including Michael Clark, Javier de Frutos, The... [full description] | Paperback [5763-PB] £ 7.50 Add to order |
 Romeo & Juliet. Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, The Royal Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Kenneth MacMillan's famous version of Prokofiev's score, filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 16 November,... [full description] | DVD [5758-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 Bust a move, dance crazes through the ages.
Published: 2009 Category: Social - Technique From the jiving 1950s to the hip hopping 90s, the disco funky 70s to the booty shaking noughties, Bust a Moveis... [full description] | Paperback [5754-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order |
 The Royal Ballet Calendar, 2010.
Published: 2009 Category: Calendars A 300 x 300mm full colour calendar (600 x 300mm when opened), with 13 pictures of Royal Ballet dancers. The dancers... [full description] | Paperback [5742-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order |
 Dark. Carolyn Carlson and Company.
Author: Carlson, Carolyn Published: Category: DVDs - Modern dance Carolyn Carlson is a magician of ambiguity who transports her audience into a netherworld where life meets death. Her... [full description] | DVD [5752-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 The Royal Ballet yearbook, 2009/10.
Author: The Royal Opera House Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General The 2009/10 Yearbook is a richly illustrated companion to The Royal Ballet, its history, repertory, dancers and staff.... [full description] | Paperback [5753-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 The Seagull. Maya Plisetskaya, the Bolshoi Ballet.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Plisetskaya dances her own choreography, to a score by her former husband Rodion Shchedrin. The ballet was recorded... [full description] | DVD [5750-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
Dark. Carolyn Carlson and Company. Author: Carlson, Carolyn Published: Category: DVDs - Modern dance Carolyn Carlson is a magician of ambiguity who transports her audience into a netherworld where life meets death. Her... [full description] | DVD [5752-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Symphonie Fantastique. Niels Bjorn Larsen, Mona Vangsaae, The Royal Danish Ballet.
Author: Massine, Leonide Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet In 1948 Massine mounted for the Royal Danish Ballet a version of his celebrated Symphonie Fantastique, based on... [full description] | DVD [5732-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order |
 Harald Lander, his life and ballets.
Author: Aschengreen, Erik Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General Harald Lander (1905-71) was the most important figure in the history of the Royal Danish Ballet in the 20th century.... [full description] | Hardback [5639-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order |
 Rolf de Mare: art collector, ballet director, museum creator.
Author: Naslund, Erik Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General With a fortune inherited from one of Sweden's wealthiest families, Rolf de Maré (1888-1964) was able to live a... [full description] | Hardback [5511-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order |
 From jazz funk & fusion to acid jazz.
Author: Cotgrove, Mark 'Snowboy' Published: 2009 Category: Jazz - General The history of the UK jazz dance scene and the first time it has been documented in such depth. It follows the scene's... [full description] | Paperback [5743-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 Strictly Come Dancing: the official 2010 annual.
Author: Maloney, Alison Published: 2009 Category: Social - General A companion to the popular BBC TV show (Series Seven). The book includes interviews with celebrities taking part in the... [full description] | Hardback [5744-HB] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 The world of ballet.
Author: Masini, Beatrice & Sara Not Published: 2009 Category: Young readers - Children This book is filled with everything you love about ballet - all the steps and jumps, stunning costumes, best-loved... [full description] | Hardback [5745-HB] £ 9.99 Add to order |
 Stepping stones to creativity.
Author: Harries, Judith & Mel Astill, Elizabeth Palfrey Published: 2009 Category: Educational - Primary This book is the ultimate guide to exploring children in the early years' creativity through dance, drama, storytelling... [full description] | Paperback [5747-PB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 The art and science of dance/movement therapy.
Author: Chaiklin, Sharon & Hilda Wengrower Published: 2009 Category: Therapy The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy offers both a broad understanding and an in-depth view of how and where... [full description] | Paperback [5737-PB] £ 29.36 Add to order |
 Diaghilev, a life.
Author: Scheijen, Sjeng Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General Diaghilev (1872-1929) is a character on the scale of myth. Growing up in a minor noble family in remote Perm, as a very... [full description] | Hardback [5741-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Breaking Bounds 2010 Calendar.
Author: Greenfield, Lois Published: 2009 Category: Calendars A 300 x 300 mm duotone calendar (600 x 300 when opened), featuring Lois Greenfield's famous photographs of (mostly)... [full description] | Paperback [5734-PB] £ 10.99 Add to order |
 The art of dance Martha Graham Dance Company calendar 2010.
Published: 2009 Category: Calendars A 300 x 300 mm colour calendar (600 x 300 when opened), with photographs by John Deane of dancers from the Martha... [full description] | Paperback [5738-PB] £ 10.99 Add to order |
 For the further improvement of dancing, translated by John Essex.
Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger Published: 2009 Category: Early Dance A facsimile of John Essex's 1710 translation. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. | Hardback [5733-HB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Different drummer, the life of Kenneth Macmillan.
Author: Parry, Jann Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General Kenneth MacMillan's ballets are in constant demand by world-famous companies. However, MacMillan was tormented by an... [full description] | Hardback [5711-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Mim - a personal memoir of Marie Rambert.
Author: Kelly, Brigitte Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General Although the name Rambert is now associated with modern dance, it is perhaps forgotten that the founder of the Rambert... [full description] | Paperback [5682-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 Robert Helpmann, a rare sense of theatre.
Author: Walker, Kathrine Sorley Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General Sir Robert Helpmann was a consummate man of the theatre, equally proficient as dancer or actor, in comedy or tragedy,... [full description] | Paperback [5708-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 Dido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, The Royal Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera join forces for Wayne McGregor's acclaimed fusion of music and movement, with... [full description] | DVD [5723-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Marco Spada. Rudolf Nureyev, Ghislaine Thesmar, Rome Opera Ballet.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet A choreographic reconstruction, by Pierre Lacotte, of Mazilier's 1857 ballet, with music by Auber, filmed for Italian... [full description] | DVD [5720-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Scottish Ballet, Forty years.
Author: Brennan, Mary Published: 2009 Category: Ballet - General In 1969 a group of dancers from Western Theatre Ballet, led by the late Peter Darrell packed their hopes and memories... [full description] | Hardback [5724-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Electra, Rinaldo and Armida, Suites from Homage to the Queen and Sweeney Todd. BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba.
Author: Arnold, Sir Malcolm Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets The first recording of the notorious Robert Helpmann ballet Electra, coupled with Ashton's Rinaldo and... [full description] | CD [5730-CD] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Peer Gynt (Heinz Spoerli). Marlijn Rademaker, Philipp Schepmann, Yen Han, the Zurich Ballet.
Author: Spoerli, Heinz Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Heinz Spoerli's take on the Ibsen classic includes both a dancing and speaking Peer, and a great deal of sand for the... [full description] | DVD [5715-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Nutcracker. San Francisco Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. New Nutcrackers need a gimmick,... [full description] | DVD [5727-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Dido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, The Royal Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera... [full description] | DVD [5728-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Dancing On Your Grave. The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs.
Author: Anderson, Lea Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance The smash hit production filmed live at Riverside Studios, London, in 2009. With original songs and music by Burch &... [full description] | DVD [5717-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 The ballet collaborations of Richard Strauss.
Author: Heisler, Wayne Published: 2009 Categories: Ballet - General, Music and dance Richard Strauss contributed music to several ballets during his career, collaborating with prominent dance artists of... [full description] | Hardback [5719-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order |
 The pocket guide to musicals.
Author: Hughes, Maureen Published: 2008 Category: Musical theatre and film Everything you need to know about musical theatre in one handy guide by leading expert Maureen Hughes, who has created... [full description] | Paperback [5721-PB] £ 9.99 Add to order |
 Choreographic. Scottish Youth Dance.
Published: 2009 Category: DVD-ROM A resource for dance students and teachers, it is a fully interactive programme which contains the following segments:... [full description] | DVD-ROM [5718-DR] £ 146.88 Add to order |
 A feast of wonders: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.
Author: Bowlt, John E & Zelfira Tregulova, Nathalie Rosticher Giordano Published: 2009 Categories: Ballet - General, Design, costume, and production A most beautiful book published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev's first ballet presentations in... [full description] | Hardback [5706-HB] £ 39.95 Add to order |
 Great Ballets of the Teatro Scala - Giselle, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Bayadere.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Three previously issued DVDs boxed together at bargain price. The casts include Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle... [full description] | DVD [5716-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Cyrano: David Bintley's production for Birmingham Royal Ballet. Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Paul Murphy. [2 CD set.]
Author: Davis, Carl Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets The complete score of David Bintley's revised version of Cyrano, first performed in 2007. | CD [5709-CD] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 AQA GCSE Dance: Teacher Guide.
Author: Howard, Pam Published: 2009 Category: Educational - Secondary The AQA GCSE Dance Teacher's Guide has been written to support the best-selling textbook by Pam Howard. The... [full description] | Hardback [5702-HB] £ 79.99 Add to order |
 The wonder.
Author: Evans, Diana Published: 2009 Categories: Fiction, Black dance As a child Lucas assumed that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man, and still... [full description] | Hardback [5705-HB] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Swan Lake. Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares, The Royal Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in March 2009. Bonus material includes an interview with Sir Anthony... [full description] | DVD [5699-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Don Quixote. Olesya Novikova, Leonid Sarafanov, Vladimir Ponomarev, The Mariinsky Ballet.
Author: Petipa, Marius Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet A brilliant performance, very well recorded, of Petipa's romantic-comic masterpiece, filmed live at the Mariinsky... [full description] | DVD [5681-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 How to Charleston correctly.
Author: Walker, Bemis Published: 2009, 1926 Category: Social - Technique Discovered in Charleston, South Carolina, being danced by black dock workers, the Charleston first hit the general... [full description] | Paperback [5675-PB] £ 5.00 Add to order |
 Violette Verdy, the Artist Teacher at Chautauqua Institiution.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet The legendary Violette Verdy, who excelled as a Balanchine ballerina, has distinguished herself as a coach to leading... [full description] | DVD [5676-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order |
 The Tale of a Manor: Dance Drama by Par Isberg and Bengt Wennehorst. Johanna Bjornson, Martin Leander, the Royal Swedish Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet The darkly romantic tale of a young violin playing student, whose attempts to save the family estate lead to madness... [full description] | DVD [5700-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 New Music for Ballet Class. Caleb Fawcett.
Author: Fawcett, Caleb Published: 2009 Category: Class CDs - Ballet 27 piano pieces for barre work, and 18 for centre work, all composed and played by the pianist, Caleb Fawcett, a... [full description] | CD [5701-CD] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Russian Ballet Master: the memoirs of Marius Petipa.
Author: Petipa, Marius Published: 1958, 2009 Category: Ballet - General These highly entertaining memoirs of Marius Petipa, the great Franco-Russian choreogapher had never before been... [full description] | Paperback [5674-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 The Chevalier Noverre, father of modern ballet.
Author: Lynham, Deryck Published: 2009, 1950 Categories: Early Dance, Ballet - General The name of Jean Georges Noverre stands forth in bold relief against the background of the history of the art of... [full description] | Paperback [5665-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Between ... Tot and Teen. Piano score, music for beginning ballet class.
Author: Mitchell, Steven Published: Category: Piano scores - Class The printed piano score of the eponymous CD, a class devised by the noted South African teacher Mignon Furman, with 29... [full description] | Spiral bound [5679-SP] £ 12.95 Add to order |
 A time to dance, a time to die.
Author: Waller, John Published: 2008 Category: Social - General The true story of a wild dancing epidemic that brought death and fear to a 16th-century city, and the terrifying... [full description] | Hardback [5678-HB] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Writings on dance, 1938 - 68.
Author: Coton, A V Published: 2009, 1975 Category: Criticism The aim of this book is to give some indication of A. V. Coton's conception of his role as a dance critic and of the... [full description] | Paperback [5666-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Caravaggio. Vladimir Malakhov, Staatsballett Berlin. [Blu-Ray version.]
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD - IT WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. A ballet in two acts choreographed by... [full description] | DVD [5671-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 The Paris Opera Ballet: Six Ballets. Patrick Dupond, Noella Pontois, Claude de Vulpian.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Six short ballets all choreographed by Norbert Schmucki, the Swiss dancer and choreographer. Tchaikovsky... [full description] | DVD [5669-DV] £ 18.99 Add to order |
 Christopher Hobson Plays Modern Ballet Studio Melodies.
Author: Hobson, Christopher Published: 2009 Category: Class CDs - Ballet A bright and breezy collection of piano pieces guaranteed to brighten up any ballet class. There are 16 tracks each for... [full description] | CD [5659-CD] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 AQA GCSE Dance.
Author: Clunie, Maggie & Liz Dale, Lyn Paine Published: 2009 Category: Educational - Secondary GCSE Dance enables students to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of performance, safe dance practice,... [full description] | Paperback [5660-PB] £ 13.99 Add to order |
 Competitive Irish dance: art, sport, duty.
Author: Hall, Frank Published: 2008 Category: Ethnic dance - Irish What happens when you put an expressive form in a competitive frame? This question motivates Frank Hall's study of... [full description] | Paperback [5656-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order |
 Spartacus, complete ballet. Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Algis Zhuraitis. [3 CD set.]
Author: Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich Published: 1974, 2008 Category: CDs - Ballets The original, and best, complete recording, made in 1974 but still in very good sound. | CD [5658-CD] £ 35.99 Add to order |
 Daphis et Chloe, complete ballet. MDR Rundfunkchor, Orchestre National de Lyon.
Author: Ravel, Maurice Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets | CD [5654-CD] £ 5.99 Add to order |
 Flamenco: conflicting histories of the dance.
Author: Hayes, Michelle Heffner Published: 2009 Category: Ethnic dance - Spanish This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth century to the... [full description] | Paperback [5651-PB] £ 31.50 Add to order |
 The dancer's survival manual.
Author: Horosko, Marian & Judith F Kupersmith Published: 2009 Category: Careers The process of beginning a career in dance can be intimidating and overwhelming. In choosing a school and a teacher,... [full description] | Paperback [5648-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order |
 The wicked waltz and other scandalous dances.
Author: Knowles, Mark Published: 2009 Category: Social - General Popular social dances can reveal a lot about the lifestyle, culture, and social class of the people who perform them.... [full description] | Paperback [5646-PB] £ 49.50 Add to order |
 The Diaghilev Ballet, 1909 - 1929.
Author: Grigoriev, Serge Leonovich Published: 1954, 2009 Category: Ballet - General The Diaghilev Ballet existed from 1909 to 1929; and from its beginning to its end Serge Grigoriev acted as... [full description] | Paperback [5623-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Kathakali Mudras: the ancient sign language of India.
Author: Vijayakumar, Kalamandalm Barbara Published: 2009 Category: Ethnic dance - Indian Kathakali is an extraordinary combination of drama, dance, music, poetry, costume, make up and ritual, deriving from... [full description] | Paperback [5621-PB] £ 17.95 Add to order |
 Sacred Monsters: Sylvie Guillem & Akram Khan.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance This major work brings together two of today's pre-eminent dance talents, Akram Khan, world renowned for developing his... [full description] | DVD [5617-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 La Dame aux camelias. The Paris Opera Ballet.
Author: Neumeier, John Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel that also inspired the stories of Verdi's La Traviata and Hollywood's... [full description] | DVD [5616-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Fire Within. Cirque du Soleil. [4 DVD set.]
Published: Category: DVDs - popular This addictive, Emmy Award-winning series has all the human turmoil of reality television, but the subjects have actual... [full description] | DVD [5634-DV] £ 25.53 Add to order |
 La Magie Continue. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular Acclaimed by an audience of over 30 million worldwide, with numerous prizes and distinctions to its credit, Cirque du... [full description] | DVD [5635-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Cirque Reinvente. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular 'Ladies and gentlemen, dear children, once upon a time...' The allure of the circus has always been magical. But Cirque... [full description] | DVD [5636-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Dralion. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular A combination of ancient Chinese circus tradition and the avant-garde, this is a celebration of life and the four... [full description] | DVD [5630-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 Nouvelle Experience. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular The brilliant artistry of Cirque du Soleil has transformed the circus into an exciting, novel performance experience.... [full description] | DVD [5629-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 A time to dance, the life of Heinz Poll.
Author: Poll, Heinz Published: 2008 Category: Ballet - General The late Heinz Poll is best known as the founder, choreographer, and artistic director of Ohio Ballet, a dance company... [full description] | Paperback [5625-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
 Urban Workout.
Published: 2005 Category: DVDs - fitness A fresh new way to get fit! Urban Workoutis a fitness routine created from a simple concept. If you love dancing... [full description] | DVD [5626-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Saltimbanco. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular A celebration of life where the international troupe of more than 50 dancers ranging in age from 8 to 45 years defy... [full description] | DVD [5628-DV] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 The Queen of Spades (symphonic suite)[ Music for Kim Brandstrup's 'Rushes'; On Guard for Peace. Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chrous/Neeme Järvi.
Author: Prokofiev, Sergei Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets An adaptation by Michael Berkeley of music from an unrealised film score by Prokofiev, used in Kim Brandstrup's ballet... [full description] | CD [5618-CD] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Physical theatres: a critical introduction.
Author: Murray, Simon & John Keefe Published: 2007 Category: Modern - General Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction is the first account to provide a comprehensive overview of... [full description] | Paperback [5602-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 Physical theatres: a critical reader.
Author: Murray, Simon & John Keefe Published: 2007 Category: Modern - General Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and... [full description] | Paperback [5603-PB] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Jiri Kylian Nederlands Dans Theater: Svadebka (Les Noces); Symphony of Psalms, Torso.
Author: Kylian, Jiri Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet Three of Kylian's most famous and successful ballets, at last available on DVD. Svadebka (Kylian's version of... [full description] | DVD [5609-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Asami Maki Ballet Group.
Published: 2008 Category: DVDs - Ballet The Japanese ballet company led by choreographer Asami Maki performs on stage at the Mariinsky Theatre in St.... [full description] | DVD [5610-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 A Crazy Day; Pages of the Russian Ballet. Boris Eifman Dance Company; the Kirov Ballet.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Three Soviet TV recordings from the early 1980s. A Crazy Day is renegade choreographer Boris Eifman's version of... [full description] | DVD [5611-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Magic Fairy Tales; The Prince and Cinderella; Ninel Kurgapkina Benefit Performance. The Kirov Ballet.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet A very mixed bag. Magic Fairy Tales (black-and-white) is actually excerpts from the last act of Sleeping... [full description] | DVD [5612-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Dance with Margot, vol. 7. Music for Children's Ballet Class.
Author: Kazimirska, Margot Published: 2006 Category: Class CDs - Ballet 59 piano pieces of music arranged as two classes for children, the first for ages 3 - 7, the second for ages 7 - 14.... [full description] | CD [5613-CD] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 Broadway Ballet, Music for Ballet Class. Lisa Harris.
Author: Harris, Lisa Published: 2007 Category: Class CDs - Ballet A 2-CD set containing 62 tracks of piano music for ballet class, all taken from Broadway musicals. The first CD has 36... [full description] | CD [5614-CD] £ 25.99 Add to order |
 Winter Dreams. Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov, Viviana Durante, Anthony Dowell, The Royal Ballet.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet A star studied cast does full justice to one of Kenneth MacMillan's last ballets, inspired by Chekhov's play Three... [full description] | DVD [5608-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Sutra. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Monks from the Shaolin Temple.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance Celebrated Flemish/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents a new dance work inspried by the skill,... [full description] | DVD [5576-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
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Sylvie Guillem, on the edge/sur le fil.
Reminiscences of the Opera.
The Ballets Russes and the art of design.
Margot.
Tchaikovsky.
Dynamic women dancers.
Contemporary choreography, a critical reader.
Tribal Dancing.
Falling About AND Moving About. Green Candle Dance Company.
Why dance? A comprehensive resource for traditional country dancing.
Traditional barn dances, with calls and fiddling.