101 Stories of the Great Ballets
Title | 101 Stories of the Great Ballets PDF eBook |
Author | George Balanchine |
Publisher | Anchor |
Total Pages | 562 |
Release | 1975-05-20 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0385033982 |
Authored by one of the ballet's most respected experts, this volume includes scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular classic and contemporary ballets, as performed by the world's leading dance companies. Certain to delight long-time fans as well as those just discovering the beauty and drama of ballet.
Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets
Title | Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets PDF eBook |
Author | George Balanchine |
Publisher | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | 928 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
Ballet 101
Title | Ballet 101 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Greskovic |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | 660 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780879103255 |
Presents a look at the world of dance; an analysis of ballet movement, music, and history; a close-up look at popular ballets; and a host of performance tips.
The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories
Title | The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Newman |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780756613723 |
Text and pictures show scenes and steps from "Sleeping Beauty," "Giselle," "Coppelia," "Swan Lake," and "The Nutcracker."
101 Stories of the Great Ballets
Title | 101 Stories of the Great Ballets PDF eBook |
Author | George Balanchine |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 541 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Balanchine Variations
Title | Balanchine Variations PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Goldner |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do. Beginning with Apollo (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and ending with one of his last ballets, Ballo della Regina (1978), Nancy Goldner offers detailed insights into more than twenty individual ballets. Based on lectures given across the United States, under the auspices of the Balanchine Foundation, they are intended to illuminate his art. Goldner discusses the history of each ballet, places each in the context of Balanchine's life and sensibility. She also addresses his taste in music and whether his style can be considered particularly American. The ballets Balanchine choreographed for the New York City Ballet are danced by companies around the world, and this innovative book is sure to become an indispensable guide to dancers and spectators alike.
George Balanchine
Title | George Balanchine PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Gottlieb |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 2004-10-26 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0060750707 |
Part of the Eminent Lives Series, this biography, written by the gifted author Robert Gottlieb, will describe the life of the dynamic George Balanchine, the foremost contemporary choreographer in ballet. Timed to coincide with the 2004 centenary of the artist's birth. The life and achievement of the great choreographer who both summed up everything that proceeded him in ballet, and extended the art form into radical yet inevitable new paths. Leaving Revolutionary Russia in 1924 (he was 20), he joined Serge Diaghilev's famous Ballets Russes, where he created his first enduring masterpiece, Apollo, cementing his lifelong collaboration with Stravinsky. In 1933 he arrived in America to found a school and a company, but the company as we know it – The New York City Ballet – didn't emerge until 1948. Meanwhile, he made ballets wherever opportunity allowed, while choreographing Broadway shows (four for Rodgers and Hart), movies (The Goldwyn Follies), even the circus – a ballet for elephants with a score by Stravinsky. By the time of his death, in 1983, he had been recognized as a member of the triad of the greatest modern masters, alongside Picasso and Stravinsky. Balanchine was married many times, always to outstanding ballerinas, but his truest muse always remained Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance.