Ballet Books
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A Queer History of the Ballet
By Peter Stoneley
Designed for students, scholars and general readers with an interest in dance and queer history, A Queer History of the Ballet focuses on how, as makers and as audiences, queer men and women have helped to develop many of the texts, images, and legends of ballet. Presenting a series of...
2006 | 978-0-415-97280-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Lure of Perfection: Fashion and Ballet, 1780-1830
By Judith Bennahum
2004 | 978-0-415-97038-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Ballet Beyond Tradition
By Anna Paskevska
For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive...
2004 | 978-0-415-97018-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Green Table: Labanotation, Music, History, and Photographs
By Ann Hutchinson Guest
* Score, photographs, and production details of one of this century's best-loved ballets * Includes rare archival material * Packaged with audio CD This work brings together the complete dance score of The Green Table--one of the most famous ballets of the 20th century--in Labanotation, along with...
2002 | 978-0-415-94255-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins and Evolution
By Carol Lee
2002 | 978-0-415-94257-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Ballet: From the First Plie to Mastery, An Eight-Year Course
By Anna Paskevska
2002 | 978-0-415-94291-1 | Paperback (Routledge)