Behind The Scenes At The Ballet

Author : Christine Temin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015080822367

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Behind the Scenes at Boston Ballet by Christine Temin Pdf

A photographic portrait of an entire ballet season "An amazing book. Temin is a crackerjack journalist, and this book touches on every hot-button issue that is relevant to ballet companies today."--Mindy Aloff "Temin and Gilbert have given us a long-overdue libretto for a ballet about a ballet company. Players on both sides of the proscenium will find Behind the Scenes at Boston Ballet a real page-turner!"--Toba Singer, author of First Position For centuries, ballet companies have been transporting audiences beyond their workaday worlds, one performance at a time. A layperson who sees a ballerina perform in SwanLake may be thrilled or impressed--may imagine the hours of rehearsal that lie behind each performance or understand something about the demands made on a dancer--but many who appreciate ballet remain unacquainted with all the steps, parts, people, and money that must come together for a world-class company to complete a season of performances. Beyond the flash of lights onstage is a world of physical trainers and fundraisers, artistic directors and executive boards, all laboring to ensure that the show goes on. In this unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the life of a company, former Boston Globe dance critic Christine Temin and photographer Wally Gilbert present a compelling portrait of the Boston Ballet. Their evocative prose and penetrating photography turn the spotlight on all the elements--from toe shoes and costumes to rehearsals and revenue--that come together (or fall apart) in a season. Boston Ballet, in turn, makes a perfect study: After a rash of mysterious firings and defections in the early 2000s, the company seems to have moved past the controversy with a new artistic director and a new schedule of international performances. Its story highlights the tremendous amount of work and energy that goes in before the curtain can ever go up.

Author : Michael Meylac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781786732057

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Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes by Michael Meylac Pdf

The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Inspired by the unique vision of their founder Sergei Diaghilev, the company gained a large international following. In the mid-twentieth century - during the tumultuous years of World War II and the Cold War - the Ballets Russes companies kept the spirit and traditions of Russian ballet alive in the West, touring extensively in America, Europe and Australia. This important new book uncovers previously-unseen interviews and provides insights into the lives of the great figures of the age - from the dancers Anna Pavlova and Alicia Markova to the choreographers Leonide Massine, George Balanchine and Anton Dolin. The dancers' own words reveal what life was really like for the stars of the Ballets Russes and provide fascinating new insights into one of the most vibrant and creative groups of artists of the modern age.

Author : Andrej Uspenski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781783194308

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Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet by Andrej Uspenski Pdf

This beautifully produced new book by Royal Ballet dancer Andrej Uspenski is a collection of exclusive photographs which shines the spotlight on ballet, the most beautiful of art forms. These exquisite photographs feature some of the finest dancers on stage today, bringing the reader into the magical world of ballet. As a Royal Ballet dancer himself, Andrej Uspenski has a unique perspective on photographic composition of dance imagery, as well as unrivalled access not only to the Royal Ballet's productions, but also to the dancers who perform in them. This gives the reader an exclusive insight in to the Royal Ballet's work. Dancers includes exclusive, backstage photographs, as well as a number of breathtaking images taken from the wings during live stage performances, making this a unique photographic record, perfect for all ballet fans.

Author : Nancy Ellison,Hanna Rubin
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ballet
ISBN : UCSC:32106016118603

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The Ballet Book by Nancy Ellison,Hanna Rubin Pdf

Provides photographs of members of the American Ballet Theatre demonstrating positions and includes discussion and photographs of classwork, rehearsal, choreography, and major ballets.

Author : Kyle Froman
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 1684421977

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In the Wings by Kyle Froman Pdf

Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who can honestly claim that he was there.

Author : Leslie E. Spatt
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0140559051

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Behind the Scenes at the Ballet by Leslie E. Spatt Pdf

A behind-the-scene look at the rehearsal and performance of the ballet based on Perrault's fairy tale.

Author : Deirdre Kelly
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781771640008

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Ballerina by Deirdre Kelly Pdf

Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection--the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century--who often led double lives as concubines--through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers in the 1800's and the anorexic and bulimic ballerinas of George Balanchine, starvation and exploitation have plagued ballerinas throughout history. Using the stories of great dancers such as Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, Evelyn Hart, Marie Camargo, and Misty Copeland, Deirdre Kelly exposes the true rigors for women in ballet. She rounds her critique with examples of how the world of ballet is slowly evolving for the better. But to ensure that this most graceful of dance forms survives into the future, she says that the time has come to rethink ballet, to position the ballerina at its center and accord her the respect she deserves.

Author : Sandra Lee,Thomas Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0756776570

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At The Ballet by Sandra Lee,Thomas Hunt Pdf

This beautiful & inspiring book gives the reader a unique look behind the scenes at America's oldest ballet company, the San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director. Stunning backstage photographs -- for which the photographers were granted special access over a period of 6 years -- come alive as they are accompanied by excerpts from candid interviews with choreographers, directors, & dancers. Sandra Lee & Thomas Hunt are cofounders of an award-winning graphic design & photography studio based in San Francisco. They have been photographing San Francisco Ballet since 1992. Exhibitions of their photographs have appeared in San Francisco & Japan.

Author : Kate Castle
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Ballet
ISBN : 0789434326

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My Ballet Book by Kate Castle Pdf

Introduces the world of ballet and presents its notable stories, dancers, techniques, and routines.

Author : Caroline Randall Williams
Publisher : Third Man Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0997457821

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Lucy Negro, Redux by Caroline Randall Williams Pdf

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 document, Lucy Negro, Redux harnesses blues poetry, deconstructed sonnets, historical documents and lyric essays to tell the challenging, many-faceted story of the Dark Lady, her Shakespeare, and their real and imagined milieu.

Author : Wendy Neale
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UCSC:32106015815993

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Ballet Life Behind the Scenes by Wendy Neale Pdf

Author : Leslie E. Spatt
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Dance
ISBN : 0590245368

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The Sleeping Beauty by Leslie E. Spatt Pdf

Author : Leanne Benjamin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925556573

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Leanne Benjamin by Leanne Benjamin Pdf

This autobiography by Leanne Benjamin with Sarah Crompton reveals the extraordinary life and career of one of the worlds most important ballet dancers of the past fifty years. The book takes you behind the scenes to find a real understanding of the pleasure and the pain, the demands and the intense commitment it requires to become a ballet dancer. It is a book for ballet-lovers which will explain from Benjamins personal point of view, how ballet has changed and is changing. It is a book of history: she was first taught by the people who created ballet in its modern form and now she works with the dancers of today, handing on all she has known and learnt. But it is also a book for people who are just interested in the psychology of achievement, how you go from being a child in small-town Rockhampton in the centre of Australia to being a power on the worlds biggest stages -- and how an individual copes with the ups and downs of that kind of career. It is a story full of big names and big personalities -- Margot Fonteyn, Kenneth MacMillan, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darcey Bussell, Carlos Acosta to name a few. President Clinton, Michelle Obama, Diana Princess of Wales and David Beckham all make an appearance. But it is also a book of small moments of insight: what makes a performance special, how you recover from injury, illness and childbirth; how you combine athletic and artistic prowess with motherhood, how a different partner can alter everything, what it is like to fall over in front of thousands of people and what it is like to triumph. Above all, it seeks to explain, in warm and human terms, why women get the reputation for being difficult in a world where being a good girl is too much prized. And what they can do about it.

Author : Sandra Lee,Thomas Hunt
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Ballet
ISBN : UCSC:32106016129626

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At the Ballet by Sandra Lee,Thomas Hunt Pdf

Photographs accompanied by excerpts from candid interviews with choreographers, directors, and dancers celebrate the magic of the ballet.

Author : Lauren Stringer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547907253

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When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky by Lauren Stringer Pdf

Composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian comrades, worked together to bring a very different and new ballet to a Parisian audienceN"The Rite of Spring"Nand rioting filled the streets! Full color.