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Rebecca Harris-Warrick Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the virtuoso style that combined French ballet technique with a vigorous athleticism that made Italian dancers in demand all over Europe. Gennaro Magri's Trattato teorico-prattico di ballo, the only work from the eighteenth century that explains the practices of midcentury Italian theatrical dancing, is a starting point for this investigation of an influential type of ballet and its connections to the operatic and theatrical genres of its day. Illustrations, music examples, and dance notations supplement the text.

With the recent influx of A-list stars like Nicole Kidman, Kevin Spacey, and Matt Damon vying to perform on the London stage, never has the West End enjoyed such a high profile. This updated edition of "The Great Theaters of London"--with brand new sections on the Almeida, the Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare''s Globe, the Young Vic, and more--is a timely celebration of the cultural history behind each of the great London theaters. Handsomely illustrated, and with A-Z entries, this is the perfect book for the London visitor and theatergoer.

This essential pocket guide to this enduringly popular art, is a perfect introduction to over eighty of the most performed ballets today. Spanning nearly two centuries of classical dancing, this indispensable book begins in the Romantic era of the 1830s, moves through the great Tchaikovskly ballets of Tsarist St Petersburg, to the inspirational work of Diaghilev at the beginning of the twentieth century and the luminous neo-classicism of Balanchine. Ashton and Macmillan are covered in depth, and the most recent ground-breaking work brings us up to the present day.

ROSS MCKIMThe London Contemporary Dance Theatre was celebrated internationally for the choreographic innovation that flowed out of it and for the technical and artistic power of its dancers. This title represents a search towards the discovery of the essential inheritance of the Theatre

The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetimes study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.

Joseph S. Huwyler The Dancer's Body is a unique resource to any sports medicine or orthopedic program. Within this book is the condensed wisdom of one of Europe's finest Ballet Orthopedic Surgeons. In this text, Dr. Huwyler outlines what it takes physically to be a ballerina, to stay healthy and avoid injury. He provides an introduction to the management of common orthopedic injuries in the Dancer. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

For soundness, for clarity, for succinctness, this manual of basic ballet is the best there is anywhere.Edwin Denby, The Nation With a precision unparalleled in any other book of its kind, The Classic Ballet presents a lucid text, and nearly six hundred drawings describe and illustrate in minute detail the proper body position, balance point, movement, and attitude of each position and step in the basic classical repertory.As George Balanchine wrote in his preface: There are no shortcuts to great dancing, but what is necessary to remember and unalterable in its instruction may be found in this book . . . An admirable source of reference for the highest standard of practice. It is an invaluable tool for the student or teacher of balletas well as a must-have treasure for the balletomane.

During its heyday, the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling American circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils and strapping super-heroes gripped the American imagination, outshining theater, comedy, and minstrel shows of the day, and ultimately paving the way for film and television. The circus offered young Americans the dream of adventure and reinvention.This book brings to life the grit and glamour of the circus phenomenon. Images include photographic gems by early circus photographers Frederick Whitman Glasier and Edward Kelty, many of the earliest color photographs ever taken of the circus from the 1940s and 1950s, iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady or Cornell Capa, and little-known circus images by Stanley Kubrick and Charles and Ray Eames. For the first time, contemporary readers can experience the legend of the American circus in all its glory.

Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession and the role of the actor - in fact all aspects of live entertainment. From satire and burlesque to melodrama and pantomime, this is a major history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day. Shifting its focus constantly between those who played and those who watched, between officially approved performance and the popular theatre of the people, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre will be invaluable to anyone interested in theatre, whether student, teacher, performer or spectator.

Marina GrutThe Bolero School is a book for both ballet and Spanish dancers. It is a journey through the history of the fascinating country of Spain, with its vibrant culture and people. The book is a fusion of fifty years of ballet and Spanish dance experience by the author as dancer, teacher, and director of Spanish dance performances for her own company in the USA and other countries. Grut endeavors to unlock and explain the many mysteries that surround this dance form for teachers, historians and lay readers. The connection to ballet is explored, especially to the style of the 19th century as found in the Cechetti method and in the work of August Bournonville. Also explored is the Bolero School's distinction from ballet that makes it so unique.