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1	Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet more books like this by Gail Grant add to wishlist From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions also included. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Ballet Basics more books like this by Sandra N Hammond add to wishlist Written for the adult beginner, "Ballet Basics" is a well-illustrated introduction to the fundamentals of ballet technique. The text also provides an overview of the history of ballet and introduces students to the world of ballet. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £17.78! \| first editions
3	The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training & Technique more books like this by Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger add to wishlist Expanded and updated throughout, this guide provides a thorough examination of pointe shoes and pointe technique. Dancers quickly benefit from the most current research that offers the most recent information on hundreds of contemporary designs, materials, products, and suppliers. It illuminates the shoemaking process and gives advice about how to ... see all copies from £5.10! new only from £8.09! \| first editions
4	Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques more books like this by Rick Snoman add to wishlist Whatever your level of experience, "The Dance Music Manual" is packed with sound advice, techniques and practical examples to help you achieve professional results. Written by a professional producer and remixer, the book is organised into three accessible sections. Technology and theory - If you're relatively new to the technology and theory ... see all copies from £13.55! new only from £16.49!
5	Language of Ballet: A Dictionary more books like this by Thalia Mara add to wishlist This is the complete definition and pronunciation guide for common ballet terms. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.06! \| first editions
6	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey more books like this by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton add to wishlist British dance music fanatics Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's smart, savvy, and often scholarly history of the DJ and the interplay between dance music and popular culture begins with a reference to the shamanic role of the disk jockey as a leader of celebrations of almost religious intensity. (One of the most successful 1970s New York discos, ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £9.91!
7	Diaghilev's Ballets Russes more books like this by Professor Lynn Garafola add to wishlist In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (18721929), the Ballets Russes radically transformed the nature of balletits subject matter, movement idiom, choreographic style, stage space, music, ... see all copies from £5.93! new only from £14.83! \| first editions
8	Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time more books like this by Phyllis Rose add to wishlist A poor black girl from St Louis, the 19-year-old Josephine Baker arrived in Paris in 1925. With her first appearance in "La Revue Negre" - naked, except for a skirt of feathers - she established herself as one of the legendary entertainers of the inter-war years and an outrageously potent symbol of sexuality. This biography examines her career as ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Parents Book of Ballet: Answers to Critical Questions about the Care and Development of the Young Dancer more books like this by Angela Whitehill, William Noble add to wishlist This book offers glimpses into the entire ballet training process. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Royal Book of Ballet more books like this by Shirley Goulden add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! first editions
11	American Ballet Theatre: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective more books like this by American Ballet Theatre, Elizabeth Kaye add to wishlist Ballet fans worldwide will cherish this beautiful photographic retrospective of the last 25 years of the American Ballet Theatre. Featuring more than 120 black-and-white photographs and more than 50 color photographs, this book captures the historic moments in a troupe whose performances have been described by the New York Times as "a marathon of ... see all copies from £8.97! new only from £35.28!
12 view cover	The classic ballet : basic technique and terminology more books like this by Muriel Stuart, Carlus Dyer add to wishlist “For soundness, for clarity, for succinctness, this manual of basic ballet is the best there is anywhere.” –Edwin Denby, The Nation With a precision unparalleled in any other book of its kind, The Classic Ballet presents a lucid text, and nearly six hundred drawings describe and illustrate in minute detail the proper body ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £8.94! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company more books like this by Sasha Anawalt add to wishlist Dance critic Sasha Anawalt tells how Robert Joffrey built a distinctly American ballet troupe at a time when most thought only Russians could master the form, and she explores the profound impact of the Joffrey, which came of age during the Vietnam era. see all copies from £2.05! new only from £7.12! \| first editions
14 view cover	Power to Rise Story of the National more books like this by James Neufeld add to wishlist Power to Rise is the first fully documented account of the artistic and organizational history of this remarkable Canadian cultural institution. Based on archival sources, many hitherto unavailable, of the National Ballet of Canada and the National Archives of Canada, the book includes first-hand accounts of more than fifty of the personalities ... see all copies from £6.74! new only from £7.19! \| first editions
15 view cover	Sounds & Scores more books like this by Henry Mancini add to wishlist A practical guide to professional orchestration featuring recorded musical examples performed by Henry Mancini. Included in the book are sections on the woodwinds, brass, the rhythm section and the string section. A recording is included to follow along with the printed scores. see all copies from £21.23! new only from £21.23!
16 view cover	The Art of Teaching Ballet: Ten 20th-Century Masters more books like this by Gretchen Ward Warren add to wishlist From Christiane Vaussard in Paris, to David Howard in New York City and Larisa Sklyanskaya in San Francisco, Gretchen Warren profiles ten world-renowned master ballet teachers to capture their philosophies, training methods and the classroom presence that makes their instruction magical. Based on extensive interviews and classroom observation, ... see all copies from £12.36! new only from £13.02!
17 view cover	Composing for the Jazz Orchestra more books like this by William Russo add to wishlist A practical guide to jazz composition, illustrating technical and instrumental variations on themes. see all copies from £9.23! new only from £13.65! \| first editions
18 view cover	At the Ballet: Onstage, Backstage more books like this by Sandra Lee, Tom Hunt, Thomas Hunt add to wishlist This elegant look into the life of dance paints a portrait of the unique world of ballet from within America's oldest ballet company, San Francisco Ballet. The photographers' stunning imagery gives the readers an inside look into the daily classes, rehearsals, and performances of these remarkable artist by capturing life onstage and backstage. ... see all copies from £5.88! new only from £107.46!
19 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Ballet more books like this by Marion Kant (Editor) add to wishlist Ballet is a paradox: much loved but little studied. It is a beautiful fairy tale; detached from its origins and unrelated to the men and women who created it. Yet ballet has a history, little known and rarely presented. These great works have dark sides and moral ambiguities, not always nor immediately visible. The daring and challenging quality ... see all copies from £13.74! new only from £13.74!
20 view cover	Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement more books like this by Kenneth Laws, Martha Swope (Photographer) add to wishlist Physics and the Art of Dance gives all who enjoy dance - whether as dancers, students, teachers, or fans - an opportunity to understand what happens when human bodies move in the remarkable ways we call dance. How, for instance, do dancers create the illusion of defying gravity? Or of starting to spin when in the air with no source of force to ... see all copies from £25.05! new only from £25.05!
21	The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands more books like this by Leo Walker add to wishlist see all copies from £6.03! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Following Balanchine more books like this by Professor Robert Garis add to wishlist A long-time observer of George Balanchine describes his experience with and reactions to the great choreographer's work. Handsomely illustrated with dramatic photographs of past and present members of the New York City Ballet, this fascinating book is both a major contribution to dance criticism and an absorbing chronicle of the education of one ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.26! \| first editions
23 view cover	Classes in Classical Ballet more books like this by Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer add to wishlist A companion to one of the bestselling Limelight Editions titles, "100 Lessons in Classical Ballet", this book by a founder of what has become known as the Bolshoi School, is one of the most celebrated manuals of classic dance instruction in the world. Messerer has gained an international reputation for his classes in classical technique - models ... see all copies from £8.09! new only from £11.30! \| first editions
24 view cover	The King's Theatre Collection: Ballet and Italian Opera in London, 1706-1883 more books like this by Morris S Levy, John Milton Ward add to wishlist The John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection of the Harvard Theatre Collection is comprised of thousands of books, scores, librettos, playbills, illustrations, and ephemera relating to public performances that incorporate music and dance in an essential way. The revised and expanded edition of "The King's Theatre Collection: Ballet and Italian ... see all copies from £19.81! new only from £51.37!
25 view cover	Unlocking the Groove: Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music more books like this by Mark J Butler add to wishlist "Unlocking the Groove" is a groundbreaking, award-winning, music-driven analysis of electronic dance music (EDM). Author Mark Butler interweaves traditional and non-traditional musical analysis with consideration of the genre's history and social significance, deconstructing several typical examples of electronic dance music and focusing on the ... see all copies from £15.34! new only from £17.64!

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