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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance
Margot Fonteyn born plain Peggy Hookham was dreamed into existence
by the architects of British ballet: Ninette de Valois, Frederick
Ashton and Constant Lambert. Carried to fame on a wave of wartime
patriotism, Margot's sense of duty rather than ambition propelled
her forward. Yet her gifts were such that her pre-eminence would
come to eclipse the careers of subsequent generations. Ballet is a
fairytale world; if Margot, like the pure and poetic heroine of
Swan Lake, was a natural Odette, she would also have to contend
with virtue's raw shadow-side in the guise of Constant Lambert,
Roberto Arias and Rudolph Nureyev the men who, like Von Rothbart,
were to take possession of her heart.
From renowned photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, the
husband-and-wife team behind The Art of Movement, comes this book
for fans of dance and fashion alike; it features today s greatest
dancers wearing couture creations from today s most celebrated
designers, and takes the relationship between fashion and dance as
its subject. Leaping, spinning, lifting, and gliding, the
astonishing dancers featured in these pages use the movement of
their bodies to reflect and magnify the craft and artistry inherent
in the clothes they re wearing. Whether a hot-off-the-runway
couture gown from Oscar de la Renta or a Halston-designed costume
pulled from the archives of the Martha Graham Dance Company, the
dancers in these pages including Tiler Peck, Misty Copeland, Angelo
Greco, Devon Teuscher, Charlotte Landreau, Daniil Simkin, and
Calvin Royal III elevate the clothes they are wearing. Taking the
viewer on a transcendent journey from the quotidian world of pointe
shoes and barre class to a world of impossible beauty and glamour.
Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the
Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and
professional histories reflect both the hardships and the
accomplishments of African Americans in the artistic and social
developments through the twentieth century and into the new
millennium. Dixon Gottschild deftly uses Brown's career as the
fulcrum to leverage an exploration of the connection between
performance, society, and race-beginning with Brown's predecessors
in the 1920s-and a concert dance tradition that has had no previous
voice to tell its story from the inside out. Augmented by
interviews with a score of dance professionals, including Billy
Wilson, Gene Hill Sagan, Rennie Harris, Milton Myers, Jawole Willa
Jo Zollar, and Ronald K. Brown, Joan Myers Brown's background and
richly contoured biography are object lessons in survival-a true
American narrative.
Ballet is a detailed guide to creative practice and performance.
Compiled by ten leading practitioners, each chapter focuses on an
aspect of ballet as a performing art. Together they outline a
journey from the underpinning principles of ballet, through an
appreciation of different styles and schooling, into the dance
studio for practice in class and beyond. With additional insights
from highly acclaimed dancers, choreographers and teachers, this
practical guide offers advice on fundamental and advanced training
and creative development. As well as providing information from
dance science research into training well-being, this book supports
the individual dancer in their artistic growth, offering strategies
for exploration and discovery. Topics include: principles, styles
and schooling of classical ballet; fundamental technique and
advanced expression; developing versatility and creative thinking;
advice on injury management, nutrition and lifestyle; choreography
and music and, finally, best practice in the rehearsal studio is
covered. 'A wonderfully accessible and comprehensive resource about
the individual disciplines involved in ballet.' Leanne Benjamin
OBE, former Principal of The Royal Ballet and international coach
This volume collects academic as well as artistic explorations
highlighting historical and contemporary approaches to the
"energetic" in its aesthetic and political potential. Energetic
processes cross dance, performance art and installations. In
contemporary dance and performance art, energetic processes are no
longer mere conditions of form but appear as distinct aesthetic
interventions. They transform the body, evoke specific states and
push towards intensities.International contributors (i.e. Gerald
Siegmund, Susan Leigh Foster, Lucia Ruprecht) unfold thorough
investigations, elucidating maneuvers of mobilization, activation,
initiation, regulation, navigation and containment of forces as
well as different potentials and promises associated with the
"energetic".
A landmark examination of the art and artists inspired by American
dance from 1830 to 1960 As an enduring wellspring of creativity for
many artists throughout history, dance has provided a visual
language to express such themes as the bonds of community, the
allure of the exotic, and the pleasures of the body. This book is
the first major investigation of the visual arts related to
American dance, offering an unprecedented, interdisciplinary
overview of dance-inspired works from 1830 to 1960. Fourteen essays
by renowned historians of art and dance analyze the ways dance
influenced many of America's most prominent artists, including
George Caleb Bingham, William Sidney Mount, Winslow Homer, John
Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, Isamu Noguchi, Aaron Douglas,
Malvina Hoffman, Edward Steichen, Arthur Davies, William Johnson,
and Joseph Cornell. The artists did not merely represent dance,
they were inspired to think about how Americans move, present
themselves to one another, and experience time. Their artwork, in
turn, affords insights into the cultural, social, and political
moments in which it was created. For some artists, dance informed
even the way they applied paint to canvas, carved a sculpture, or
framed a photograph. Richly illustrated, the book includes
depictions of Irish-American jigs, African-American cakewalkers,
and Spanish-American fandangos, among others, and demonstrates how
dance offers a means for communicating through an aesthetic, static
form. Distributed for the Detroit Institute of Arts Exhibition
Schedule: Detroit Institute of Arts (03/20/16-06/12/16) Denver Art
Museum (07/10/16-10/02/16) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
(10/22/16-01/16/17)
In her first health and fitness book, celebrated ballerina Misty
Copeland shows you how to find the motivation to get healthier and
stronger, and how to refine the body you were born with to be lean,
strong and flexible, with step-by-step advice, meal plans, workout
routines and words of inspiration. Misty offers her own
time-tested, ballet-inspired movements that are perfect for women
who want to lengthen and strengthen, but don't want to run a
marathon or lift weights. She also demonstrates the floor exercises
that helped maintain her own ballerina body while recovering from
an injury. Misty's eating plan focuses on vegetables, fruits, plant
fats, animal proteins and beneficial oils - all of which keep her
energetic and in top shape. With simple and delicious recipes for
Granola, Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad, Quick Salsa Chili, and even
a Ballerina Smoothie, you'll be satisfied and happy while getting
leaner. To keep you motivated, Misty gives tips and words of
encouragement on persevering even when you may want to give up,
including a peek into her personal journal, to inspire you and help
you stay on the road to your own ballerina body.
All modes of human inquiry, from the artistic to the scientific,
are archived as body knowledge. The Sentient Archive gathers
together the work of scholars and practitioners in dance,
performance, science, and the visual arts. These twenty-eight rich
and challenging essays cross boundaries within and between
disciplines, mediating the theoretical and the experiential to
illustrate how the body serves as a repository for knowledge. In
drawing connections between body and archive, the essayists
consider how and why the moving body generates and stores
information for recall, retrieval, or reenactment. The writers
address issues of history, memory, and agency, but the knowing
body, performed or reenacted, remains a focal point. Contributors
include Nancy Goldner, Alain Platel, Catherine Stevens, Meg Stuart,
Andre Lepecki, Ralph Lemon, and other notable scholars and artists.
Hardcover is un-jacketed.
First full-scale thematic analysis of Pina Bausch's 'Tanztheater',
critically evaluating the impact of modernist theatre on her
choreographic methodThis book presents a new reading of Pina
Bausch's dance theatre, orienting it within an international legacy
of performance practice. The discussion considers not only the
influence of German and American modern dance on Bausch's work but,
crucially, interrogates parallels with modernist and postdramatic
theatre (including Antonin Artaud, Samuel Beckett, Jerzy Grotowski,
and Robert Wilson), the influence of which has been largely
neglected in existing studies of her oeuvre.'Pina Bausch's Dance
Theatre' provides a wide-ranging study of Bausch's aesthetic and
methods of practice, with case studies ranging from the beginning
of her career to her final choreographies.Key FeaturesThe first
full-scale study interrogating the relationship between Bausch's
'Tanztheater' and modernist theatre practice, structured around a
chronological framework of case study choreographiesA new
theorisation of the development of Bausch's oeuvre, locating her
approach in a broader context of intercultural artistic exchange in
the post-WWII periodDraws on literary and theatre theory to form an
interdisciplinary methodology for understanding and interrogating
Bausch's oeuvreBased on extensive archival research and a
specialised knowledge of the evolution of modern dance
As war is declared can The Variety Girls keep smiling
through...Cleethorpes - September 1939 Struggling to keep their
spirits up as the reality of war hits home and theatres are closed,
friends Jessie Delaney and Frances O'Leary search for work to see
them through until they can sing and dance again. Frances, once
upon a time followed her dreams of becoming a dancer but soon found
herself with a broken heart and a precious secret when her lover
abandoned her. Keeping her secret from her friends grows more
difficult as time passes and their friendship grows.. But with her
lover returning to England from a successful tour of America, how
long will it be before the truth comes to light? Secrets aren't
good for anyone and Frances isn't the only one hiding things from
her friends. Ginny Thomspon, another Variety Girl is hoping for the
best. But is hope enough? Can the Variety Girls pull together to
help each other through the tough times or will their secrets tear
them apart? A gritty and heart-warming saga perfect for readers of
Elaine Everest, Nancy Revell and Pam Howes. Praise for Tracy
Baines: 'A charming, heart-warming saga about ambition, hard work
and courage in the cut and thrust of a world often driven by
jealousy and spite'. Rosie Clarke 'Immerse yourself in the
exciting, evocative world of Wartime musical theatre. I highly
recommend this book.' Fenella Miller 'An emotional, entertaining
read that had me gripped!' Sheila Riley 'An absorbing and poignant
saga. I loved it from the very beginning and would highly recommend
it...' Elaine Roberts 'Terrific - beautifully written. The book
twinkles. A well-crafted and satisfying story' Maisie Thomas 'A
pleasure from start to finish.' Glenda Young '...you will have to
read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps
as I did' Annie Clark 'I just loved this book! Molly Walton The
Variety Girls is terrific - beautifully written & with an
unusual background. The stage costumes twinkle with sequins and the
book twinkles with tiny details of theatre life that add depth and
atmosphere to this well-crafted and satisfying story. Maisie
Thomas, The Railway Girls 'A pleasure from start to finish.' Glenda
Young, Belle of the Backstreets '...you will have to read this
well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did'
Milly Adams 'an evocative, busy, entertaining read, which has well
balanced touches of humour, vying with angst, and of course, more
than a dollop of tension.' Margaret Graham, Frost Magazine
'Characterisation is one of the book's strong points - the
individual characters stay in your mind long after you finish the
story.' Barbara Dynes, The Voice
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