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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.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet

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The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 04/09/2014
    ISBN13: 9780571309740, 978-0571309740
    ISBN10: 0571309747

    Number of Pages: 288

    Description

    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.

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