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Kenneth
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American Ballet Theatre: a 25-year retrospective
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Elizabeth Kaye
Forward / Preface foreword by Clive Barnes |
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing , 1999 Pages 129 Extensive photos, black and white some color |
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| I like to always be considerate (abc's), and I guess that sums up this book - mainly just the good parts, trumpeting the high points. Exceptional photography with decent photo credits. | |
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Ballet and Modern Dance (with contributions by leading choreographers dancers and critics)
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Kirstein, Bejart, Lanchberry, others
Forward / Preface None |
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Ballet Choreography
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Ballet Theater/Production
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Octopus Books Limited, London , 1974 Pages 144 Lavishly photographed, mainly B&W, some color |
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| Unique commentary on the state of the dance c1974. | |
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Come dance with me - a memoir 1896-1956
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Ninette deValois
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Ballet Autobiography
Publisher The World Publishing Company , 1957 Pages 254 Some Photos, black and white |
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| A unique career is recounted, her days with the Diaghilev Ballet Russe are not covered much as she wrote a different book about them. | |
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Danseur: The Male in Ballet
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Richard Philp and Mary Whitney
Forward / Preface Foreword by Robert Joffrey |
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher A Rutledge Book, McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1977 Pages 192 Extensive photographs, black and white |
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| A survey work from the late 1970's, nearly every page has beautiful, well commented photographs of male dancers. The text is rich in historical information relating to the evolution of male ballet dancing. | |
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Fonteyn and Nureyev
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Alexander Bland
Forward / Preface None |
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Ballet History
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Ballet Biography
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Quadrangle/The new York Times Book Co., Inc. , 1979 Pages 208 Extensive photos, black and white |
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| I wish there were more books like this. For many years Fonteyn-Nuyeyev were "the Ticket" to have, this book attempts to show the reason why in words and performance photographs. | |
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Making a Ballet
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Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp
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Ballet Theater/Production
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Ballet History
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Ballet Choreography
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Ballet Music
Publisher Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. New York , 1974 Pages 160 Extensive photos, illustration, and notes, black and white |
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| An attempt to de-mystify the process of creating a ballet by using examples of how some ballets were created and how different choreographers, composers, and designers worked. | |
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The Royal Ballet - The First Fifty Years
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Alexander Bland
Forward / Preface foreword by Dame Ninette de Valois |
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1981 Pages 320 Extensive photos and illustration, black and white some color |
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| This book was commissioned as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations at the Royal Opera House (England) to establish the origins and history of their Royal Ballet. | |
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The Sadler's Wells Theater Ballet
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Hugh Fisher
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Ballet History
Publisher Pittman Publishing Corporation, New York, Toronto, London , 1956? Pages 82 Many photos, black and white |
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| History buffs here is a great book on this pivotal English ballet company - soup to nuts, tooth to tail, extraordinary detail with exceptional photographs. An exquisite documentary by any measure, nothing but the facts. | |
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