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  • Mao's Last Dancer

    by Li Cunxin ...
    Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world.When a trip to Texas as part of a rare ... Read more

    $89.59 HKD

  • Nureyev

    The Life

    Rudolf Nureyev had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. With Nureyev: The Life, Julie Kavanagh shows how his intense drive and passion for dance propelled him from a poor, Tatar-peasant background to the most sophisticated circles of London, Paris, and New York. His ... Read more

    $98.39 HKD

  • Apollo's Angels

    A History of Ballet

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFor more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history ... Read more

    $98.39 HKD

  • Carmen

    Illustrated by Concha Pasamar ...
    The Mérimée classic that Bizet brought to the opera is presented here in a new version, inspired by the choreography by Johan Inger for the Spanish National Dance Company. Discover the story of Carmen through the pure and crystal-clear eyes of a child.I am nine years old. I love playing with my ball and my friend who is a corporal in the Alcalá Dragoon Regiment. My neighbor Carmen is the most ... Read more

    $68.09 HKD

  • The Coolest People in the Performing Arts: 250 Anecdotes and Stories

    Anecdotes Collections, #53

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 53 - Anecdotes Collections
    A Sample:• Richard Strauss once worked with a temperamental singer named Pauline de Ahna. In a rehearsal in which she sang the role of Elizabeth in Tännhauser, she made a mistake and he criticized her. They quarreled, and she ran to her dressing room. He followed her, and angry shouts could be heard for a while and then silence. People wondered who had killed whom in the dressing room. Finally, a ... Read more

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  • R.S.V.P.

    R.S.V.P. transports readers to 1958 New York at the grand juncture of the jet set for an addictive, no-holds-barred, gloves-off tale of a New York City dinner party like no other.It is the golden age of the New York City Ballet. Behind the velvet curtains and the thunderous applause of Lincoln Center lies a world of ruthless ambition, fragile egos, and the intoxicating shadow of one man, Company ... Read more

    $38.79 HKD

  • Ballet pour enfants

    Premiers pas et formation artistique

    Translated by Fama A.I. Salvia ...
    Series Book 2 - Ballet
    Ce guide s'adresse aux parents et aux jeunes danseurs qui souhaitent découvrir l'univers du ballet pour enfants. Il offre un aperçu structuré des étapes fondamentales de cette discipline artistique, en commençant par les tout premiers pas et l'éveil corporel jusqu'à l'expérience de la scène.Le livre explore le cheminement vers le ballet pour enfants, en détaillant comment une initiation réussie ... Read more

    $146.60 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Balé Essencial

    Seu Manual Completo para o Mundo da Dança

    Translated by Eka A.I. Salbei ...
    Series Book 1 - Balé
    Descubra o fascinante universo do balé com "Balé Essencial", o seu manual de balé detalhado para iniciar e aprofundar a sua jornada na dança. Este livro ilustrado de balé guia você desde os momentos iniciais, como a importante escolha da escola de balé, oferecendo critérios para avaliar a qualidade do ensino, até os procedimentos de inscrição para a sua primeira aula experimental.Este guia aborda ... Read more

    $146.68 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Den danske ballets historie

    by Elith Reumert ...
    Skuespiller og forfatter Elith Reumerts oversigt over dansk ballethistorie fra den tog sin begyndelse på de danske scener i 1700 årene og frem til 1920’erne, stærkt hjulpet på vej af pioner og balletmester August Bournonville (1805-1879), der bragte den elegante kunstart op på det høje niveau, vi også kender i dag."Formaalet med dette Skrift har været at give en Fremstilling af den danske Ballets ... Read more

    $75.49 HKD

  • Vera Volkova

    En dans af uskyld og erfaring

    Vera Volkova havde skabt sig et internationalt ry som balletlærer i London, da hun i 1951 blev inviteret til at undervise Den Kgl. Ballet i tre måneder. Hun blev i København i næsten 25 år, og var med til at udvikle - og placere Den Kgl. Ballet som et af verdens bedste balletkompagnier i midten af forrige århundrede.VERA VOLKOVA - EN DANS AF USKYLD OG ERFARING er også en personhistorie om en ... Read more

    $134.79 HKD

  • Apollo's Angels

    A History Of Ballet

    Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century through to our own time, from Italy and France to Britain, Denmark, Russia and contemporary America. The reader learns how ballet reflected political ... Read more

    $190.59 HKD

  • The History Of Dance - Ballet

    by Lilly Grove ...
    This vintage book is a fascinating treatise on ballet. It delves into the colourful history of ballet in ancient societies and explores its development throughout the ages from the dances of the Egyptians to modern opera. “The History Of Dance - Ballet” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the evolution of the dance and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied ... Read more

    $54.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Serge Diaghilev

    by Serge Lifar ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $75.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Praying Mantra

    by Randy Lyles ...
    The Praying Mantra is about an Angel who wants to become a Ballerina. She goes to the Library in Heaven and discovers that a Mantra is a recitation or dedicated prayer for a cause. She prays to God to allow her to learn to become a Ballerina so she may dance for every Soul in Heaven. ... Read more

    $77.99 HKD

  • Grace in Motion: The Evolution of Ballet

    by M.Y.Sard ...
    Grace in Motion is a sweeping, lyrical journey through the history of ballet—from its origins in Renaissance courts to the global stages of the 21st century. With narrative elegance and scholarly depth, M.Y. Sard traces ballet's evolution across centuries, continents, and cultures.Meet the kings who danced to legitimize their power, the ballerinas who defied gravity and convention, and the ... Read more

    $54.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Distance Home

    Must a child's past define their future?'Stark and beautiful . . . I haven’t read anything this good in a long time' – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FrySet on the rugged plains of South Dakota, The Distance Home is the story of René and Leon, two children who grow up side by side but end up on very different paths. René is clever, athletic, aggressive, a go-getter, the ... Read more

    $47.39 HKD

  • Práctica de la danza

    by Liane Simmel ...
    Series series Danza
    Bailar es algo más que aprender unos pasos. La danza no se reduce únicamente a aspectos físicos y, sin embargo, el cuerpo es el instrumento del bailarín. Conservarlo sano, reconocer a tiempo las sobrecargas y prevenir las lesiones son condiciones imprescindibles para bailar durante mucho tiempo y sin molestias. Ya sea en el ballet clásico, el hip hop o el jazz, la salsa, el claqué o el baile ... Read more

    $108.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rudolf Nureyev

    As I remember him

    Following an unorthodox first meeting in London in 1964, Patricia Boccadoro got to know Rudolf Nureyev on a personal basis after she moved to live in Paris in the 1970s. In this amusing, informative book, she recounts how exciting it was to see him dance in those heady London years, during his legendary partnership with Margot Fonteyn, before giving a lucid account of his directorship of the Paris ... Read more

    $56.19 HKD

  • El lago de los cisnes

    Un beso entre dos culturas

    Se analiza El lago de los cisnes partiendo desde su creación, su adaptación moderna en la danza, su adaptación cinematográfica; todo desde el discurso de la modernidad y la posmodernidad, para entender a la sociedad, la política y la cultura. ... Read more

    $148.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becomings

    Pregnancy, Phenomenology, and Postmodern Dance

    by Johanna Kirk ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.Johanna Kirk discusses how choreographers negotiate identification with the look of their pregnant bodies to maintain a sense of integrity as artists and to control representations of their gender and physical abilities while pregnant. Across chapters, the artists discussed include Anna ... Read more

    $507.86 HKD

  • A Company of Swans

    Classic historical romance about love, freedom and ballet

    by Eva Ibbotson ...
    **A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance, from bestselling award-winner Eva Ibbotson.'Her books are utterly delightful' – Daily Mail**In the grey, scholarly world of Cambridge in 1912, Harriet Morton has lived her whole life under the strict rule of her widowed father and miserly aunt. When she is offered the opportunity to dance with the corps de ballet ... Read more

    $56.89 HKD

  • Frederick Ashton's Ballets

    Style, Performance, Choreography, Second Edition

    The second edition of Frederick Ashton's Ballets: Style, Performance, Choreography adds two further ballets to this ground-breaking study of Frederick Ashton's choreography. It not only examines the contribution these ballets made to twentieth century dance art, but also presents a detailed account of Ashton's work and dances, demonstrating his remarkable choreographic and artistic talent. Having ... Read more

    $625.89 HKD

  • Ballet Class

    An American History

    Surveying the state of American ballet in a 1913 issue of McClure's Magazine, author Willa Cather reported that few girls expressed any interest in taking ballet class and that those who did were hard-pressed to find anything other than dingy studios and imperious teachers. One hundred years later, ballet is everywhere. There are ballet companies large and small across the United States; ballet is ... Read more

    $185.59 HKD

  • Dance Appreciation

    Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary considerations of the art of dance along with enhanced discussion questions and prompts for the dance student.This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural, ... Read more

    $476.60 HKD