Both sides of the mirror [[electronic resource] ] : the science and art of ballet / / Anna Paskevska
| Both sides of the mirror [[electronic resource] ] : the science and art of ballet / / Anna Paskevska |
| Autore | Paskevska Anna |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pennington, NJ, : Princeton Book Co., c1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ballet dancing
Ballet - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87127-279-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: A Personal Statement; 2 Physical Requirements; 3 Posture and Placement; 4 Progression of Training; 5 Sequence of a Ballet Class; 6 Barre Work; 7 Positions; 8 Port de Bras and Arabesques; 9 Weight Transferrence and Jumps; 10 Principles of Turning; 11 Pointe Work; 12 Style; 13 Classical and Modern Dance; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451025303321 |
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Both sides of the mirror : the science and art of ballet / / Anna Paskevska
| Both sides of the mirror : the science and art of ballet / / Anna Paskevska |
| Autore | Paskevska Anna |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pennington, NJ : , : Princeton Book Co., , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 792.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ballet dancing
Ballet - History |
| ISBN | 0-87127-279-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: A Personal Statement; 2 Physical Requirements; 3 Posture and Placement; 4 Progression of Training; 5 Sequence of a Ballet Class; 6 Barre Work; 7 Positions; 8 Port de Bras and Arabesques; 9 Weight Transferrence and Jumps; 10 Principles of Turning; 11 Pointe Work; 12 Style; 13 Classical and Modern Dance; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784221003321 |
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| Pennington, NJ : , : Princeton Book Co., , 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Cambridge companion to ballet / / edited by Marion Kant [[electronic resource]]
| The Cambridge companion to ballet / / edited by Marion Kant [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xli, 353 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 792.809 |
| Collana | Cambridge companions to music |
| Soggetto topico |
Ballet
Ballets Ballet - History |
| ISBN |
1-139-81716-7
1-139-00162-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The early dance manuals and the structure of ballet : a basis for Italian, French and English ballet / Jennifer Nevile -- Ballet de cour / Marina Nordera -- English masques / Barbara Ravelhofer -- The baroque body / Mark Franko -- Choreography and narrative : the ballet d'action of the eighteenth century / Dorion Weickmann -- The rise of ballet technique and training : the professionalism of an art form / Sandra Noll Hammond -- The making of history : John Weaver and the enlightenment / Tim Blanning -- Jean-Georges Noverre : dance and reform / Judith Chazin-Benahum -- The French Revolution and its spectacles / Inge Baxmann -- Romantic ballet in France : 1830-1850 / Sarah Davis Cordova -- Deadly sylphs and decent mermaids : the women in the Danish romantic world of August Bournonville / Anne Middleboe Christensen -- The orchestra as translator : French nineteenth-century ballet / Marian E. Smith -- Russian ballet in the age of Petipa / Lynn Garafola -- Opening the door to a fairy-tale world : Tchaikovsky's ballet music / Thérèse Hurley -- The romantic ballet and its critics : dance goes public / Lucia Ruprecht -- The soul of the shoe / Marion Kant -- The ballet avant-garde I : the Ballet Suédois and its modernist concept / Erik Näslund -- The ballet avant-garde II : the 'new' Russian and Soviet dance in the twentieth century Tim Scholl -- George Balanchine / Matilde Butkas -- Balanchine and the deconstruction of classicism / Juliet Bellow -- The Nutcracker : a cultural icon / Jennifer Fisher -- From Swan Lake to Red Girl's Regiment : ballet's sinicisation / Zheng Yangwen -- Giselle in a Cuban accent / Lester Tome -- European ballet in the age of ideologies / Marion Kant. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996210319703316 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Mirrors & scrims [[electronic resource] ] : the life and afterlife of ballet / / Marcia B. Siegel
| Mirrors & scrims [[electronic resource] ] : the life and afterlife of ballet / / Marcia B. Siegel |
| Autore | Siegel Marcia B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792.809 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ballet - History
Ballet dancers - History Ballet companies - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-11503-4
9786613115034 0-8195-7113-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1.LEGENDS; The Rose and the Scimitar; Le Sacre Reconstructed; Afternoon of a Legend; Nijinsky's Crime against Grace; Nijinsky in Translation; When Ballet Leaped into Today; Dance Theatre of Harlem's Nijinska; Weddings; Because I Must; Balletomaniacs; Robert Joffrey, 1930-1988; The Hum of the Turbine, the Roar of the Crowd; 2. MOVABLE CLASSICS; Farm Frolic; Bolshoi Wrap-up; Cabrioles at Dawn; Why We Need the Classics; Shazam!; Danes at the Met; 200 Years of Geniality; Kitri's Caboodle; Kirov on Tour; Swamped; Swans under Glass
Kingdom of the SweetEverybody's Treat; Royal Ballet's Bayadère; Classic in Retrograde; Raymonda Redux; Beautification; Two Tales Retold; 3. POSTLUDE & PRELUDE; George Balanchine, 1904-1983; Edwin Denby, 1903-1983; Balanchine and Beyond; The Magic of Mr. B; Couples; Putting a Little Orange in Their Life; Ives and Robbins; Modern Dance versus Classical Ballet; Changing the Guards; Patricia McBride's Farewell; A Ballet's Best Friend; Tragic Tropes and Anti-tropes; Apollonian Ventures; Village of Dancers; Chris and Friends; 4.BALANCHINE DIASPORA; Mozart Violin Concerto; Cotillon Fable in a Lucite LandscapeMiami City Ballet; Ur-texts; In Search of Repertory; Guarding the Legacy; Dances under Glass; Ballet, Big Time; Balanchine at Harvard; Links to a Legacy; Sparkle Plenty; Balanchinian Baubles; What Bodies Are For; Fateful Journeys; Decoding Balanchine; 5. BALLET IN TRANSIT; Forsythe's Artifact; De Keersmaeker's Elena's Aria; Maguy Marin's Babel Babel; Forsythe and Marin; Tetley's La Ronde; Morris's Drink to Me; Strangers in the Palace; Too Brief a Fling; Resurfacing; Survival Skills; Planet of Cool; Mind Matters; Lovelyland; Building Blocks; Poets Lost and Found Dancing AmericannessEvolution/Devolution; Dreaming and Remembrance; A Century in Brief; Enigma in the Middle; 6. ON WITH THE SHOW; No Biz Like It; Post-ballet Performance; Jerome Robbins's Broadway; What They Did for Michael; Razzle; Center Stage; Billy Elliot; House on Hold; Crash Dancing; Braving the Elements; Hoop Tamer; Zaloomy Toons; Largely Bill Irwin; Clowns in Flight; Warm with Showers; Apple Pie; Multicult-The Show; Toes on Their Fingers and Drums in Their Heart; Tapstravaganza; Tap Meets Highbrow; Hearts on Fire, Feet on Ice; 7. RIFFS AND TRANSLATIONS; Portable Traditions Swan MigrationsToe Frolic; Trockin' On; Decomposing Sugar Plums and Robot Mice; After-dinner Nuts; Nureyev's Cinderella; Grigorovich's The Golden Age; Anti-balletics; Yo, Jewels!; A Dream Awakes; See It Live; Waking Somewhere Else; Wayward Dancing; Private Domain; Mysterious Histories; Plain Folks' Tales; Reclaiming the Ordinary; Pomo Retro Rite; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461625103321 |
Siegel Marcia B
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| Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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