Ballet beyond tradition : the role of movement concepts in ballet technique / Anna Paskevska.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, ©2005.Description: xii, 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415970181
  • 0415970180 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0415970172 (hb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 792.8 PAS
Contents:
Brief historical perspective -- The body's center -- Alignment -- Succession -- Opposition -- Potential and kinetic energy -- Fall -- Weight -- Recovery and rebound -- Suspension -- Isolation -- Laying the foundation -- Exercises of the barre -- Introduction to the class.
Summary: "For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive training. Ballet Beyond Tradition seeks to reconcile these age-old conflicts and bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers."--Publisher's description.
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792.8 OLI Writing about dance / 792.8 OVE Dance : 792.8 OVE Dance : 792.8 PAS Ballet beyond tradition : 792.8 PAS Ballet beyond tradition : 792.8 PEN The dancer prepares : 792.8 RAD The foundations of classical ballet technique.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176) and index.

Brief historical perspective -- The body's center -- Alignment -- Succession -- Opposition -- Potential and kinetic energy -- Fall -- Weight -- Recovery and rebound -- Suspension -- Isolation -- Laying the foundation -- Exercises of the barre -- Introduction to the class.

"For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive training. Ballet Beyond Tradition seeks to reconcile these age-old conflicts and bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers."--Publisher's description.

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