From a lifetime's experiences of teaching, lecturing and writing about ballet technique and history, Joan Lawson explores in depth all aspects of the choreographer's taks and art. The book, which is a result of the prompting of the late Sir Frederick Ashton, falls into four parts. The first part is "Sources of Inspiration" - music, literature, painting and dance itself; "Ballet Materials" - music and dancers; "Ballet Making" - style, basic structure, the grammar of choreography; "Styles of Ballet" - classical, demi ...
Read More
From a lifetime's experiences of teaching, lecturing and writing about ballet technique and history, Joan Lawson explores in depth all aspects of the choreographer's taks and art. The book, which is a result of the prompting of the late Sir Frederick Ashton, falls into four parts. The first part is "Sources of Inspiration" - music, literature, painting and dance itself; "Ballet Materials" - music and dancers; "Ballet Making" - style, basic structure, the grammar of choreography; "Styles of Ballet" - classical, demi-caractere, romantic, national and modern. Each part contains numerous examples from a huge range of ballets of the 19th and 20th centuries, some of the best known choreographed by Coralli and Perrot ("Giselle" 1841), Petipa and Ivanov ("Swan Lake" 1895), Nijinska ("Les Noces" 1923), Balanchine ("Apollo" 1928), Ashton ("La Fille Mal Gardee" 1960) and MacMillan ("Romeo and Juliet" 1965).
Read Less
Add this copy of A Ballet-Maker's Handbook: Sources, Vocabulary, Styles to cart. $7.50, very good condition, Sold by Orca Books Cooperative rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olympia, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Theatre Arts Books/Routledge.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Used-VG. This book is noticeably used and in good condition. Help support Orca Books Cooperative--Olympia's only Co-op Bookstore! Page edges discolored from age and/or sun damage. Slight fraying to corner edges. Shelf wear on cover and/or edges.
Add this copy of A Ballet-Maker's Handbook: Sources, Vocabulary, Styles to cart. $8.50, very good condition, Sold by Rogue Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashland, OR, UNITED STATES, published by A & C Black / Routledge, 1991..
