The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet (Main)

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Synopsis
The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from Giselle and Swan Lake to Cinderella and Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and Balanchine.Features include:- plot summaries- an analysis of each ballet's principal themes- useful background and historical information- a unique, behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye viewDip in at random or trace the development of dance from cover to cover. Written by former Royal Ballet principal Deborah Bull and leading dance critic Luke Jennings, this ever popular Faber Pocket guide is a must for all ballet-goers - regulars and first-timers alike.
Copyright:
2014

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780571321605
Related ISBNs:
9780571207244
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Deborah Bull and Luke Jennings, 2
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture, Music
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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