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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.