The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from
Giselle and
Swan Lake to
Cinderella and
Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and Balanchine.
Features include:
- plot summaries
- an analysis of each ballet's principal themes
- useful background and historical information
- a unique, behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view
Dip in at random or trace the development of dance from cover to cover. Written by former Royal Ballet principal Deborah Bull and leading dance critic Luke Jennings, this ever popular Faber Pocket guide is a must for all ballet-goers - regulars and first-timers alike.
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet
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DanceTable of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude
- Glossary of Ballet Terms
- The Romantic Ballet
- Petipa and the Imperial Ballet
- Diaghilev: The Early Years
- Diaghilev: The Twenties
- Balanchine: Made in America
- Ballet Theatre and the Other Americans
- The English Tradition: Early Years
- The Ashton Era
- Absent Friends: Tudor and Cranko
- Kenneth MacMillan
- Soviet Ballet: Leningrad
- Soviet Ballet: Moscow
- Modern to Post-Modern
- Our Top Ten Ballets
- Index of Ballets
- About the Authors
- In the Same Series
- Copyright
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