I Want To Be A Ballet Dancer

Author : Gavin Larsen
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813065953

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Being a Ballerina by Gavin Larsen Pdf

Finalist, the Arts Club of Washington Marfield Prize A look inside a dancer’s world Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer’s continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist. Starting with her arrival as a young beginner at a class too advanced for her, Larsen tells how the embarrassing mistake ended up helping her learn quickly and advance rapidly. In other stories of her early teachers, training, and auditions, she explains how she gradually came to understand and achieve what she and her body were capable of. Larsen then re-creates scenes from her experiences in dance companies, from unglamorous roles to exhilarating performances. Working as a ballerina was shocking and scary at first, she says, recalling unexpected injuries, leaps of faith, and her constant struggle to operate at the level she wanted—but full of enormously rewarding moments. Larsen also reflects candidly on her difficult decision to retire at age 35. An ideal read for aspiring dancers, Larsen’s memoir will also delight experienced dance professionals and fascinate anyone who wonders what it takes to live a life dedicated to the perfection of the art form.

Author : Jennifer Kronenberg
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780983337102

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So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer? by Jennifer Kronenberg Pdf

“A revealing book about the grueling—and glamorous—world of ballet” (Daily News, New York). Is everything really so beautiful at the ballet? For Miami City Ballet principal dancer Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg it is; but it wasn’t always so. Learn how she made it through all of her high jinx mishaps, missteps, and tribulations, and continued on to a glorious career as a prima ballerina with an internationally acclaimed ballet company. Kronenberg shares her memoirs, hints, tips, and professional advice for aspiring dancers and their parents, hoping to ease them through the hard years of study as well as through the abrupt and challenging transition from student to professional. Covering everything from choosing a school and auditioning, to stage makeup and backstage basics, this books provides the answers young dancers need to help them survive in today’s challenging ballet world. “Chock-full of tips and advice for aspiring dancers and their parents, and includes a personal account of the ballerina’s rocky journey to fame.” —Brooklyn Downtown Star “Entertaining, realistic, and practical—that big sister that you’d like to have beside you.” —Ballet News

Author : Mary R. Dunn
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781435849044

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I Want to Be a Ballet Dancer by Mary R. Dunn Pdf

Aspiring young dancers will learn about the grace, strength, and determination it takes to become a ballet dancer in this exciting book.

Author : Chloe Angyal
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781645036722

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Turning Pointe by Chloe Angyal Pdf

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its future Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance. In Turning Pointe, journalist Chloe Angyal captures the intense love for ballet that so many dancers feel, while also grappling with its devastating shortcomings: the power imbalance of an art form performed mostly by women, but dominated by men; the impossible standards of beauty and thinness; and the racism that keeps so many people of color out of ballet. As the rigid traditions of ballet grow increasingly out of step with the modern world, a new generation of dancers is confronting these issues head on, in the studio and on stage. For ballet to survive the twenty-first century and forge a path into a more socially just future, this reckoning is essential.

Author : Mary R. Dunn
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404244696

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I Want to Be a Ballet Dancer by Mary R. Dunn Pdf

Learn about the grace, strength, and determination it takes to become a ballet dancer.

Author : Eliza Gaynor Minden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781416595717

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The Ballet Companion by Eliza Gaynor Minden Pdf

A New Classic for Today's Dancer The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including: Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems An illustrated guide through ballet class -- warm-up, barre, and center floor Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette. Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a lively mix of ballet's time-honored traditions and essential new information.

Author : Sophie Flack
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316193221

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Bunheads by Sophie Flack Pdf

A vibrant and absorbing novel about the competitive world of professional ballet, written by a former New York City Ballet dancer. As a dancer with the ultra-prestigious Manhattan Ballet company, nineteen-year-old Hannah Ward juggles intense rehearsals, dazzling performances, and complicated backstage relationships. But when she meets a spontaneous and irresistibly cute musician named Jacob, her universe begins to change. Until now, Hannah has happily followed the company's unofficial mantra, "Don't think, just dance." But as Jacob opens her eyes to the world beyond the theater, Hannah must decide whether to compete against the other "bunheads" for a star soloist spot or to strike out on her own. Don't miss this behind-the-scenes look at the life of a young professional ballet dancer, written by an insider who lived it all.

Author : Stephanie Maze
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0152021086

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I Want to Be a Dancer by Stephanie Maze Pdf

Provides an overview of the many types of dance that exist and describes what is involved in becoming a dancer.

Author : Thalia Mara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258143062

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So You Want to Be a Ballet Dancer by Thalia Mara Pdf

Author : Suzanne Farrell
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813059327

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Holding On to the Air by Suzanne Farrell Pdf

Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.

Author : Liza Alexander
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0307131211

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I Want to be a Ballet Dancer by Liza Alexander Pdf

Prairie Dawm attends ballet class every Tuesday and Thursday.

Author : Deirdre Kelly
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Lyndsey Winship
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Dance
ISBN : 1848424620

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Being a Dancer by Lyndsey Winship Pdf

How do I get a job as a dancer? Where and when should I train? How can I protect my body from injury? How do I become a choreographer? These and many more such questions asked by young or aspiring dancers are answered in this book - the most revealing and instructive book yet on what it means to be a dancer. Here is advice from some of the best dancers and choreographers in the world, crossing the fields of ballet, contemporary, South Asian dance, musical theatre and hip hop, and covering subjects both motivational and mundane, from tapping into your own reserves of creativity and resilience, to the important matter of when to eat your pre-show banana. The twenty-five experts in these pages have performed with the likes of the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and BalletBoyz; they range from stars of the West End stage to TV talent-show successes and Kylie's backing dancers - as well as some of Britain's leading choreographers. They are Carlos Acosta, Matthew Bourne, Teneisha Bonner, Darcey Bussell, Lauren Cuthbertson, Maxine Doyle, Tommy Franzén, Adam Garcia, Jonathan Goddard, Matthew Golding, Melissa Hamilton, Wayne McGregor, Steven McRae, Stephen Mear, Cassa Pancho, Seeta Patel, Arlene Phillips, Arthur Pita, Kate Prince, Matthew Rees, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy, Hofesh Shechter, Aaron Sillis and Marlon 'Swoosh' Wallen.

Author : Rebecca Mahon
Publisher : Pascal Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1741250374

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Billy Elliot by Rebecca Mahon Pdf

Author : Laurel van der Linde
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781582704500

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So, You Want to Be a Dancer? by Laurel van der Linde Pdf

From ballet and contemporary to hip-hop and even Broadway, this book reveals what it really takes to build a career in dance today.