Hope in a Ballet Shoe by Michaela & Elaine DePrince
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, Michaela DePrince witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated because of her skin condition, vitiligo. But there is hope: the Harmattan wind blows a magazin ...Show more
Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance by Michelle Potter
$49.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
It is impossible to tell the story of dance in Australia without focusing on Dame Margaret Scott. The fiftieth anniversary of The Australian Ballet School is a fitting time to launch her biography - she was the first Director of the School and a dancer and teacher of immense vision and intellect. Maggie ...Show more
Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet by Jenifer Ringer
$39.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
A behind-the-curtains look at the rarefied world of classical ballet from a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet In her charming and self-effacing voice, Jenifer Ringer covers the highs and lows of what it's like to make it to the top in the exclusive, competitive ballet world. From the heart-po ...Show more
Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures by Darcey Bussell
$39.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
Along with images of her on stage and in costume, there are intimate behind-the-scenes photos of rehearsals and preparation. Darcey provides a fascinating insight into the ballet world, with personal anecdotes and memories of some of the most important moments in her career. It features her now famous p ...Show more
Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures by Darcey Bussell
$59.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
This book celebrates the career of Darcey Bussell, one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time. Accompanied by stunning images from some of today's leading photographers such as Mario Testino, Lord Snowdon, Patrick Demarchelier and Mary McCartney, Darcey Bussell chronicles Darcey from her early y ...Show more
Australia Dances: Creating Australian Dance 1945-1965 by Alan Brissenden
$70.00 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
Illustrated with a wealth of photographs and designs for decor and costumes, most never before published, Australia Dances: Creating Australian Dance 1945-1965 surveys the major companies, the many smaller groups which flourished, modern dance, the beginnings of Aboriginal theatrical dance which became ...Show more
Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
$60.00 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
One of "The New York Times Book Review"'s 10 Best Books of the Year For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. A ballerina dancing "The Sleeping Beauty" today is a link in a long chain of dancers stre ...Show more
The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions and Joys of Ballet by Eliza Gaynor Minden
$49.99 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance
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 ...Show more
Talk About Contemporary Dance by Phillipe Noisette; Elisabeth Couturier (Contribution by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance | Series: Talk About Ser.
A densely illustrated and comprehensive introduction to an art form that is enjoying a boon in popularity due to its links with pop culture, fashion, and music. This engaging and unpretentious introduction to contemporary dance explores the discipline in all its facets, from opera to hip-hop and from ci ...Show more
A Feast of Wonders: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes by John E. Bowlt, Zelfira Tregulova and Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (eds)
$120.00 AUD
Category: Ballet/Contemporary Dance | Reading Level: very good
In May, 1909 Sergei Diaghilev astonished the world of dance with his first ballet presentations in Paris which demonstrated an unprecedented combination of vitality and grace, originality and technical sophistication. As a primary axis of Diaghilevs activities during the life of the company known as the ...Show more