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• Five Ballets From Paris and St. Petersburg

  Giselle, Paquita, Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Raymonda

  Fullington, Doug,

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  This book offers something entirely new: detailed scene-by-scene descriptions of the action and dancing of five classic ballets, bringing the reader far closer to what the audience saw when the curtain went up on Giselle, Paquita, Le Corsaire, La…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

  Valby, Karen,

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  The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas, the first principals in the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who traveled the world as highly celebrated stars in their field and whose legacy was erased from history until now.

• Turning Pointe

  How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet From Itself

  Angyal, Chloe,

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  Journalist Chloe Angyal takes readers into the exclusive and complicated world of ballet, from the suburban studios where young dancers learn the artform, to the elite summer training programs, to ballet's professional world. She shares the love of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dance Theatre of Harlem

  a History, a Movement, a Celebration

  Tyrus, Judy,

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  Here, for the first time, is the definitive portrait of the one-of-a-kind community dance company that reflected -- and shaped -- our times, and whose enduring principle continues to inspire the future. With exclusive backstage stories from its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Swan Dive

  the Making of a Rogue Ballerina

  Pazcoguin, Georgina,

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  Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet--the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle.

• Ballerina Project

  Shitagi, Dane,

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  Created by New York City-based photographer Dane Shitagi over the span of 18 years, Ballerina Project has become the most significant, unique, and creative photographic archive of renowned ballerinas in the world.

• Ballet

  the Definitive Illustrated Story

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  Divided by era, this beautiful coffee-table book chronicles the history of ballet. Colorful photographs and illustrations are complemented by historical and biographical information.

• Celestial Bodies

  How to Look at Ballet

  Jacobs, Laura,

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  Anyone seeking understanding of ballet won't do better than reading Jacobs' guide to the world of pointe shoes, pas de deux, and pirouettes. Drawing on her expertise as the dance critic for The New Criterion, and judiciously quoting from "some of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Encyclopedia of World Ballet

  Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

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  With a spotlight on ballet all over the world that includes many smaller European and Asian companies as well as the larger and more familiar American and European companies that are frequently the subject of such a work, this is one book that lives…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Degas and the Ballet : Picturing Movement

  Kendall, Richard

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  Using drawings, pastels, paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs taken by Degas and his contemporaries, as well as samples of film from the period, this visually stunning volume explores how the artist was influenced by the then-new mediums of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Apollo's Angels

  a History of Ballet

  Homans, Jennifer, 1960-

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  Homans brings her intimate experience as a dancer and her discerning dance critic's eye to her fascinating and exquisitely detailed history of ballet, an art that combines rigor and idealism.

• Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet

  Grant, Gail

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  From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide to cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions that vary from the Russian to the French or Italian schools are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballet Companion

  a Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet

  Minden, Eliza Gaynor

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  A valuable resource for dance studios and a great primer for dancers in the early stages of training.

• The Joffrey Ballet

  Robert Joffrey and the Making of An American Dance Company

  Anawalt, Sasha, 1956-

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  In chronicling the history of the Joffrey Ballet, Anawalt, who has written for Dance Magazine and Ballet Revue, has retold the story of the American dream.