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New Titles
Some recent releases available from Dance Books
 The Nutcracker. Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Gary Avis, Iohna Loots, Ricardo Cervera. The Royal Ballet.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Sir Peter Wright's production filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2009, conducted by Koen Kessels. [Coded... [full description] | DVD [5899-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order |
 Dreams of babel. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern dance World-famous choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui uses the body - movement - as the principal vehicle for his... [full description] | DVD [5898-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Christopher Hobson plays Modern Ballet Studio Melodies, vol.2.
Author: Hobson, Christopher Published: 2010 Category: Class CDs - Ballet This second volume from Christopher Hobson is another collection of bright and breezy piano selections. There are 18... [full description] | CD [5897-CD] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 International encyclopaedia of dance. [Six volume set].
Second hand or out of print title Author: Cohen, Selma Jeanne (ed). Published: 1998 Categories: Reference, oop A very good second-hand hardback copy (corners slightly bumped and generally showing very slight signs of use),... [full description] | Hardback [1654-HB] £ 250.00 Add to order |
 La Danse. The Paris Opera Ballet.
Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world's great ballet companies. This film reveals how the company functions as an... [full description] | DVD [5889-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 Swan Lake. Polina Semionova, Stanislav Jermakov, Zurich Ballet.
Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet Heinz Spoerli's production filmed in the Zurich Opera House in 2009. [Coded, for world-wide use on NTSC compatible... [full description] | DVD [5892-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Modern ballroom dancing: A comprehensive guide to present-day technique and to the fundamental principles of the art, and a textbook for all teachers and students preparing for examinations.
Author: Jacques, Henry Published: 1944, 2010 Category: Social - Technique Modern Ballroom Dancing, first published in 1944 and here reprinted for the first time, is the most detailed... [full description] | Hardback [5871-HB] £ 40.00 Add to order |
 When men dance.
Author: Fisher, Jennifer & Anthony Shay Published: 2009 Category: Social - General When men dance offers a progressive vision that boldly articulates double standards in gender construction... [full description] | Paperback [5864-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 A bibliography of dancing.
Author: Magriel, Paul Published: 1936, 2010 Category: Reference Paul Magriel's A Bibliography of Dancing, first published in 1936, was the twentieth-century's first major... [full description] | Hardback [5876-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order |
 Nijinsky's 'Faune' restored. [Labanotation score].
Author: Guest, Ann Hutchinson & Claudia Jeschke Published: 1991, 2010 Category: Notation Nijinsky's score of his L'Après-midi d'un faune lay unused for nearly forty years after his death,... [full description] | Paperback [0112-PB] £ 30.00 Add to order |
 Music Dances - Balanchine choreographs Stravinsky.
Author: Jordan, Stephanie Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Conceived, written and narrated by Stephanie Jordan, Research Professor in Dance at Roehampton University of Surrey,... [full description] | DVD [5859-DV] £ 39.95 Add to order |
 Raising dust, a cultural history of dance in Palestine.
Author: Rowe, Nicholas Published: 2010 Category: Ethnic dance - Miscellaneous One dancer's journey into Palestine's past and present. Through historical archives, Nicholas Rowe shares a vision of... [full description] | Hardback [5858-HB] £ 30.00 Add to order |
 Collaborative choreography: an approach to making (Conversation with the New Art Club).
Author: Breslin, Jo & Jill Cowley Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Educational This DVD resource uses the example of New Art Club (Pete Shenton and Tom Roden) as a successful model for... [full description] | DVD [5843-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 Movable pillars, organizing dance 1956-1978.
Author: Kolcio, Katja Published: 2010 Category: Educational theory This book traces the development of dance as scholarly inquiry over the course of the twentieth century, and describes... [full description] | Paperback [5868-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order |
 Mirrors & scrims, the life and afterlife of ballet.
Author: Siegel, Marcia B. Published: 2010 Category: Criticism In this new collection of reviews and essays, dance critic Marcia B. Siegel grapples with both the floating identity of... [full description] | Paperback [5866-PB] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 The theatre practice of Tadashi Suzuki.
Author: Allain, Paul Published: 2009 Category: Acting (movement) For over forty years Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theatre, creating... [full description] | Hardback [5865-HB] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 La Fille mal gardee.
Author: Guest, Ivor Published: 2010 Category: Ballet - General Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée is one of the most popular and successful ballets of the... [full description] | Paperback [5846-PB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 Orpheus und Eurydike. Paris Opera Ballet. [Blu-Ray]
Author: Bausch, Pina Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. Pina Bausch's choreographic version of... [full description] | DVD [5829-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Rudolf Nureyev, celestial attraction.
Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet This DVD takes a retrospective look at the life and work of Rudolf Nureyev. Through interviews, archive footage,... [full description] | DVD [5832-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order |
 The one and only, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Author: Anderson, Jack Published: 1981, 2010 Category: Ballet - General The One and Only: The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo tells the story of one of America's most important and now... [full description] | Paperback [2738-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Sleeping Beauty (Complete). London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn. [2 CD set.]
Author: Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets | CD [5837-CD] £ 8.99 Add to order |
 Sylvia (Complete). Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris/Jean-Baptiste Mari. [2 CD set.]
Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets Also included in this 2 CD set is Act 2 of Delibes' La Source with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Orchestra of... [full description] | CD [5840-CD] £ 8.99 Add to order |
 Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet), Bolero, La Valse, Ma mere l'oye. Orchestre National de l'Ortf/Jean Martinon. [2 CD set.]
Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Ballets Also included in this 2 CD set are Debussy's Jeux and L'Après-Midi d'un Faune, also conducted by... [full description] | CD [5841-CD] £ 8.99 Add to order |
 Acis and Galatea. The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.[BLU-RAY]
Author: Handel, Georg Frederic Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. Christopher Hogwood conducts the... [full description] | DVD [5844-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Mayerling. Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Iohna Loots, William Tuckett, Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Elizabeth McGorian, The Royal Ballet. [Blu-Ray]
Author: MacMillan, Kenneth Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. Edward Watson takes the role of Crown... [full description] | DVD [5845-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 La Coronela; Itinerarios; Colorines. English Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony/Gisele Ben-Dor.
Author: Revueltas, Silvestre Published: 2010 Category: CDs - Ballets Silvestre Revueltas's unfinished ballet La Coronela (The Lady Colonel) follows a scenario of skeleton figures... [full description] | CD [5826-CD] £ 5.99 Add to order |
 Ondine. Miyako Yoshida, Edward Watson, The Royal Ballet.
Author: Ashton, Sir Frederick Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet Sir Frederick Ashton's Ondine filmed at The Royal Opera House in 2009 with designs by Lila de Nobili and... [full description] | DVD [5823-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Ondine. Miyako Yoshida, Edward Watson, The Royal Ballet.[Blu-Ray]
Author: Ashton, Sir Frederick Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. Sir Frederick Ashton's Ondine... [full description] | DVD [5824-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Ondine, diary of a ballet.
Author: Henze, Hans Werner Published: 2003 Category: Ballet - General In 1957 the English choreographer Frederick Ashton and the German composer Hans Werner Henze began to collaborate on a... [full description] | Hardback [3907-HB] £ 10.00 Add to order |
 Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story.
Author: Simeone, Nigel Published: 2010 Category: Musical theatre and film One of the Broadway musicals that can genuinely claim to have transformed the genre, West Side Story has been... [full description] | Hardback [5821-HB] £ 35.00 Add to order |
 Manon. Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, the Royal Ballet.
Author: MacMillan, Kenneth Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2008. The cast includes Tamara Rojo as Manon; Carlos Acosta as Des... [full description] | DVD [5817-DV] £ 24.99 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 |
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story. Author: Simeone, Nigel Published: 2010 Category: Musical theatre and film One of the Broadway musicals that can genuinely claim to have transformed the genre, West Side Story has been... [full description] | Hardback [5821-HB] £ 35.00 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 |
 Romeo and Juliet. Compagnia Aterballetto.
Author: Bigonzetti, Mauro Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Modern ballet Filmed in 2006 with choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti and a musical montage based on the Prokofiev score. Mobile... [full description] | DVD [5818-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Spartacus. Ekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Maris Liepa, Nina Timofeyeva, the Bolshoi Ballet.
Author: Grigorovich, Yuri Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet One of the Holy Grails of Russian ballet recordings has finally been discovered. At time of the making of the famous... [full description] | DVD [5816-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Acis and Galatea. The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.
Author: Handel, Georg Frederic Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet Christoper Hogwood conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a distinguished cast including Danielle de... [full description] | DVD [5815-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order |
 Mayerling. Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Iohna Loots, William Tuckett, Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Elizabeth McGorian, The Royal Ballet.
Author: MacMillan, Kenneth Published: 2010 Category: DVDs - Ballet Edward Watson takes the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's compelling ballet which lives out the final... [full description] | DVD [5814-DV] £ 22.99 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 |
 De Basil's Ballets Russes.
Author: Walker, Kathrine Sorley Published: 1982, 2010 Category: Ballet - General Drawn partly from the scattered remnants of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and partly from extraordinary new talent,... [full description] | Paperback [5808-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Some traditional Scottish dances.
Author: Taylor, G Douglas Published: 1929, 2010 Category: Ethnic dance - Scottish G. Douglas Taylor's Some Traditional Scottish Dances was first published in 1929 and is thus a valuable link to... [full description] | Hardback [5807-HB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 The first Hollywood musicals: a critical filmography of 171 features
Author: Bradley, Edwin M Published: 1996 Category: Musical theatre and film As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the... [full description] | Paperback [5802-PB] £ 41.50 Add to order |
 Recueil de dances.
Author: Feuillet, Rauol-Auger Published: 2010 Category: Early Dance A facsimile of Feuillet's 1704 dance manual, Recueil de Dances contenant un tres grand nombres des meillieures... [full description] | Hardback [5800-HB] £ 25.00 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 Dancing fingers, volume 8. Michael Roberts.
Author: Roberts, Michael Published: 2009 Category: Class CDs - Ballet 34 original pieces of music - 17 tracks for barre and 17 tracks for centre practice - composed and played by Michael... [full description] | CD [5774-CD] £ 19.99 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 |
 Dance matters: performing in India.
Author: Chakravorty, Pallabi & Nilanjana Gupta Published: 2009 Category: Ethnic dance - Indian Amultidisciplinary perspective on dance scholarship and practice in India and its diaspora, outlining how dance... [full description] | Hardback [5773-HB] £ 65.00 Add to order |
 Pilates for Young Dancers: Improve Technique, Move Better, Dance Better. Monique Richards.
Author: Richards, Monique Published: 2009 Categories: DVDs - Ballet technique, DVDs - fitness A Pilates programme developed by professional dancer and certified Pilates instructor Monique Richards, with exercises... [full description] | DVD [5765-DV] £ 25.99 Add to order |
 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - two films.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet Part one - Tchaikovsky's women; Part two - Fate: with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Cynthia Harvey as Katerina, Juliet,... [full description] | DVD [5764-DV] £ 24.99 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 |
 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 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] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Diaghilev, a life.
Author: Scheijen, Sjeng Published: 2010 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] | Paperback [5741-PB] £ 14.99 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] | Paperback [5711-PB] £ 17.99 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 |
 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 |
 Giselle (Mats Ek). Ana Laguna, Luc Bouy, Cullberg Ballet.
Author: Ek, Mats Published: Category: DVDs - Modern ballet In Mats Ek's highly stylised version of the romantic ballet the traditional Rhineland village is replaced by a... [full description] | DVD [5725-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order |
 Great Ballets of the Opera National de Paris.
Published: Category: DVDs - Ballet Three previously issued DVDs of performances by the Paris Opera Ballet gathered together in on box at bargain... [full description] | DVD [5729-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order |
 Les choses espagnoles: research into the Hispanomania of 19th century dance.
Author: Jeschke, Claudia & Gabi Vettermann, Nicole Haitzinger Published: 2009 Categories: Ballet - General, Ethnic dance - Spanish A series of articles examining the passion for things Spanish which swept over 19th century ballet and dance. The... [full description] | Paperback [5726-PB] £ 22.50 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. [Blu-Ray]
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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 Martha Hill & the making of American dance.
Author: Soares, Janet Mansfield Published: 2009 Category: Modern - General Martha Hill (1900 - 1995) was one of the most influential figures of twentieth century American dance. Her vision and... [full description] | Hardback [5677-HB] £ 21.95 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 |
 Raymonda, complete score arranged for solo piano.
Author: Glazunov, Alexander Published: Category: Piano scores - performance A very clear, full size facsimile, of the original Belaieff edition. | Paperback [5692-PB] £ 21.95 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 |
 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 |
 Caravaggio. Vladimir Malakhov, Staatsballett Berlin.
Published: 2009 Category: DVDs - Ballet A ballet in two acts choreographed by Mauro Bigonzetti, with music by Bruno Moretti after Monteverdi. The ballet has as... [full description] | DVD [5640-DV] £ 24.99 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 |
 Christopher Hobson plays Modern Ballet Studio Melodies, vol.1.
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 |
 Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray.
Author: Davies, Terry Published: 2009 Category: CDs - Modern dance Excerpts from the score of Matthew Bourne's New Adventures production, performed by David Shrubsole (MD/Keyboard),... [full description] | CD [5655-CD] £ 12.99 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 |
 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 |
 Merce my way.
Author: Baryshnikov, Mikhail Published: 2008 Category: Modern - General A collection of more than 80 full colour photographs of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in action, the photographs... [full description] | Hardback [5620-HB] £ 32.00 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 |
 A Baroque Odyssey. Cirque du Soleil.
Published: Category: DVDs - popular A unique and inspiring look into the heart of the Cirque du Soleil universe. This 10-year anniversary retrospective... [full description] | DVD [5633-DV] £ 12.99 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] £ 24.99 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 |
 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 |
 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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Folk dances of Jamaica.
Modern dancing and dancers.
The dynamic body in space: developing Rudolf Laban's ideas for the 21st century.
Poetics of contemporary dance.
On technique.
Sylvie Guillem, on the edge/sur le fil.
Reminiscences of the Opera.
The Ballets Russes and the art of design.
Margot.
Tchaikovsky.
Tap and jazz dance.
Religious dances.
Dynamic women dancers.
Advanced principles in teaching classical ballet.
Contemporary choreography, a critical reader.
Tribal Dancing.
Traditional barn dances, with calls and fiddling.
Stomp Live.