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The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet
Deborah Bull
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Description for The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet
Paperback. A classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world. It includes features such as: plot summaries; an analysis of each ballet's principal themes; useful background and historical information; and, a behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view. Editor(s): Bull, Deborah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150.
The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from Giselle and Swan Lake to Cinderella and Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and Balanchine.
Features include:
- plot summaries
- an analysis of each ballet's principal themes
- useful background and historical information
- a unique, behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view
Dip in at random or trace the development of dance from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571309740
SKU
V9780571309740
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Deborah Bull
Deborah Bull was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, noted particularly for her performances in the works of Forsythe and MacMillan. Formerly Creative Director of the Royal Opera House, she is now Director of Cultural partnerships at King's College London, as well as a writer and broadcaster. She has written and presented several programmes for BBC TV and radio, ... Read more
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