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  • Carmen

    by Margarita del Mazo ...
    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

    R134,42

  • 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

    R126,14

  • Vera Volkova

    En dans af uskyld og erfaring

    by Alexander Meinertz ...
    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

    R279,67

  • Apollo's Angels

    A History Of Ballet

    by Jennifer Homans ...
    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

    R449,29

  • Don't Act, Just Dance

    The Metapolitics of Cold War Culture

    by Catherine Gunther Kodat ...
    At some point in their career, nearly all the dancers who worked with George Balanchine were told “don’t act, dear; just dance.” The dancers understood this as a warning against melodramatic over-interpretation and an assurance that they had all the tools they needed to do justice to the steps—but its implication that to dance is already to act in a manner both complete and sufficient resonates ... Read more

    R523,35

  • Голос

    by Мари Росси ...
    Человеческий Голос… Самый удивительный из музыкальных инструментов… Некая сущность, вырывающаяся из резервуара человеческого организма… Несущая собеседнику и в космические дали информацию, эмоции… Цветок, имеющий в каждом из нас свою неповторимую тембровую окраску… Влияющий на жизнь, судьбу не только профессионалов Голоса, магов искусства – певцов, артистов, дикторов, но и каждого человека.Как его ... Read more

    R90,95

  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    by Harriet Ann Jacobs ...
    READER, be assured this narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts. I have concealed the names of places, and given persons fictitious names. I had no motive for ... Read more

    R49,00

  • The First Men in the Moon

    by Herbert Wells ...
    The First Men in the Moon by Herbert George Wells is the unheralded novel by one of the founders of a science fiction genre. After the actual bankruptcy, the n character of the novel tries to hide in a province and start a new life as a novelist or playwright. But his neighbour turns out to be an oddish scientist who invents antigravity material. The main hero became friends with the oddish ... Read more

    R49,00

  • 學舞蹈藝術：芭蕾舞

    by 馮志遠 ...
    一本深入探索芭蕾舞的舞蹈指南。無論您是剛開始學習舞蹈，還是已經有一定基礎，都能從這本書中獲取到寶貴的知識和技巧。本書以通俗易懂的方式介紹了多種舞蹈形式，內容涵蓋了交際舞、踢踏舞、芭蕾舞、探戈、桑巴、北京平四、華爾滋、快步舞和街舞等。其中，芭蕾舞作為重點章節，詳細講解了它的起源、基本動作和技巧，並配有精美的插圖和照片，幫助讀者更好地理解和學習。本書的前言部分介紹了舞蹈藝術的背景和重要性，為讀者提供了對整本書的整體認識和期待。隨後，每個舞蹈形式都有專門的章節，按照順序逐一進行介紹。對於每種舞蹈形式，都詳細解釋了它的發展歷史、特點和流派，並介紹了一些著名的舞蹈作品和舞者。在專門介紹芭蕾舞的章節中，讀者將深入了解這一優雅而精緻的舞蹈藝術。書中詳細說明瞭芭蕾舞的基本動作、姿勢和技巧，包括腳步、轉體、跳躍和旋轉等。此外，還介紹了一些著名的芭蕾舞劇和舞者，為讀者提供了更多學習和欣賞的資源 ... Read more

    R154,01

  • Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance

    Conversations with Alastair Macaulay

    by Alastair Macaulay, Matthew Bourne ...
    Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance is an intimate and in-depth conversation between the prize-winning pioneer of ballet and contemporary dance Matthew Bourne and the New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.In 1987, a small, aspirant dance group with a striking name made its debut on the London fringe. In 1996, Adventures in Motion Pictures made history as the first modern dance ... Read more

    R311,87

  • Mester. Historien om Harald Lander

    by Erik Aschengreen ...
    Erik Aschengreen fortæller historien om en af den danske ballets største skikkelser nogensinde. Harald Lander var ikke blot en usædvanligt talentfuld balletdanser. Han stod også bag genrejsningen af Den Kongelige Ballet, som han i mange år var chef for. Men Harald Lander var også en kontroversiel person, som ofte var omgivet af skandaler, jalousi, misundelse og ikke mindst smukke unge kvinder. Fem ... Read more

    R235,74

  • Balletbogen. Bind 2

    by Erik Aschengreen ...
    "I årene mellem cirka 1920 og 1950 var kampen mellem modern dance og ballet ofte hård og meget bitter. Den ny bevægelse skulle finde egne ben at stå på, hvilket i realiteten ofte ville sige, at danserne lå på gulvet og brugte det som partner mere end som et sted til at sætte af fra, hvilket er tilfældet i klassisk ballet, hvor det vægtløse og lette er idealet.""Balletbogen" er en grundbog for alle ... Read more

    R144,31

  • Constant Lambert

    Beyond <I>The Rio Grande</I>

    by Stephen Lloyd ...
    To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a ... Read more

    R336,13

  • Der går dans. Den Kongelige Ballet 1948-1998

    by Erik Aschengreen ...
    "Dans er øjeblikkets kunst. Når tæppet går ned, tilhører forestillingen historien. Danserne retter energien og engagementet mod morgendagens træning på vej mod en ny forestilling, mens vi går hjem med lykkelige minder om øjeblikke, hvor dansen gjorde os lette eller forløste os gennem tragediens smerte. At opleve dans er et personligt møde mellem tilskueren i den mørke sal og danseren, badet i ... Read more

    R272,19

  • Outros contos do balé

    by Inês Bogéa ...
    De autoria de Inês Bogéa, Outros Contos do Balé traz histórias de cinco peças indispensáveis para qualquer companhia clássica – A Sílfide, O Corsário, La Bayadère, O Quebra-Nozes e Pássaro de Fogo. A obra apresenta, ainda, mais de 70 ilustrações, alguns passos e posições, quem são os profissionais da dança e um perfil das principais companhias de balé clássico do mundo. Outros Contos do Balé ... Read more

    R140,00

  • Lavender & Butterflies

    A Futuristic Ballet

    by Mandy Fason ...
    Lavender daydreams of being a ballet dancer. She works very hard to become part of the Butterfly Nation Ballet Company. The Butterfly Nation Ballet is a futuristic presentation when planets are left to their own living energy. Elixitines are butterfly people in search of a safe haven because their planet Elixitine becomes uninhabitable. They have traveled through space to take refuge on Earth ... Read more

    R57,95

  • Battement Frappé

    by Ciro Nacci ...
    Composizione pianistica per l’accompagnamento della lezione di danza classica.Ad uso dei pianisti accompagnatori nei licei coreutici, scuole di danza, accademie, teatri. ... Read more

    R87,57 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Belly Dance

    The Dance of Mother Earth

    by Tina Hobin ...
    Tina Hobin - acknowledged expert and practitioner of belly dance, with many years experience of teaching and dancing throughout the world - introduces us to the history of this ancient and mystical dance in an accessible style, both enjoyable and easy to read. Tracing the evolution of belly dance from prehistoric fertility rites, the cult of the shaman and temple dances of Ancient Egypt, she ... Read more

    R227,00

  • Dos passos da bailarina

    by Cássia Pires ...
    As histórias de uma bailarina adulta, estudos sobre a dança clássica, repertórios e discussões sobre o ballet clássico são os temas que norteiam o livro, que reúne textos publicados no blog "Dos passos da bailarina" entre 2009 e 2013. ... Read more

    R83,33

  • LUCY NEGRO, REDUX

    The Bard, a Book, and a Ballet

    by Caroline Randall Williams, Paul Vasterling ...
    Lucy Negro, Redux, uses the lens of Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" sonnets to explore the way questions about and desire for the black female body have evolved over time, from Elizabethan England to the Jim Crow South to the present day. Equally interested in the sensual and the serious, the erotic and the academic, this collection experiments with form, dialect, persona, and voice. Ultimately a hybrid ... Read more

    R134,31

  • Расправь свои крылья

    by Досжан Табылды ...
    Книга «Расправь свои крылья» представляет собой сборник интервью и материалов СМИ разных лет о казахстанском артисте балета Досжане Табылды с начала его пути в балете до становления звездой международного уровня. Книга будет интересна любителям балета и широкому кругу читателей, интересующихся не только личностью и судьбой артиста, полной взлётов и падений, но и новейшей историей развития ... Read more

    R53,22

  • Под знаменами Бонапарта по Европе и России

    by Якоб Вальтер ...
    Translated by Виктор Пахомов ...
    Series series Дневник вюртембергского солдата
    В шестисоттысячной армии Наполеона сражались солдаты более 20-ти национальностей — французы, поляки, голландцы, итальянцы… и в том числе, конечно, жители немецких земель. Одним из них был солдат Якоб Вальтер (1788–1864) — простой строитель — каменщик из маленькой земли Вюртемберг, что на юго-западе Германии. Будучи призванным, как и многие его соотечественники, он прошел, сражаясь по всей ... Read more

    R35,00

  • Daisy Miller

    by Henry James ...
    Daisy Miller is a novella by an American writer Henry James. Daisy Miller is one of the masterpieces of a so-called "flash fiction", written by a famous writer, which plots are based on the collision of the European and American cultural sense, individual "point of view" and social stereotypes, scholastic view of life and individual experience. A conflict of reserved British manners and innocent ... Read more

    R49,00

  • Don't Sit Here

    by elisabeth shackelford ...
    DON'T SIT HERE was nominated by Bill Henderson for the Pushcart Editors' Book Award and it was short-listed for the PEN/Revson Fiction Foundation Fellowship Award. The opening chapter was published in THE GREENSBORO REVIEW. Other chapters have been accepted by RARITAN, BOULEVARD, and CONFRONTATION. Nonfiction includes publication in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION, and ... Read more

    R83,16