Classical ballet technique / Gretchen Ward Warren ; photographs by Susan Cook ; foreword by Robert Joffrey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tampa : University of South Florida Press, ©1989.Description: xiii, 395 p. : ill. ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0813009456 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813008956 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 O 792.82 WAR
LOC classification:
  • GV1788 .W37 1989
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS : Theory and tradition -- Basic concepts -- The ideal body structure and proportions for classical ballet dancers -- The ballet class: notes for teachers -- The movements of classical ballet -- Exercises at the barre -- Turns at the barre -- Traditional transfer-of-weight movements -- The method for turning centre barre and petit allegro steps -- The traditional turns of classical ballet -- Turning movements used in adagio -- Linking steps -- Allegro -- Turning steps en l'air -- Batterie -- Pointe work -- Reverence -- Classroom etiquette.
Summary: "In more than 2,600 photographs dancers demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire from the most basic ballet to the advanced." -- WorldCat
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library On Display Non-fiction O 792.82 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A05030
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O 792.80994 AB Luminous : O 792.80994 ADC If you can move you can dance : O 792.80994 ADC If you can move you can dance : O 792.82 WAR Classical ballet technique / O 792.82092 CUN Merce Cunningham : O 792.82092 CUN Merce Cunningham : O 792.82092 CUN Merce Cunningham :

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 383-384.

TABLE OF CONTENTS : Theory and tradition -- Basic concepts -- The ideal body structure and proportions for classical ballet dancers -- The ballet class: notes for teachers -- The movements of classical ballet -- Exercises at the barre -- Turns at the barre -- Traditional transfer-of-weight movements -- The method for turning centre barre and petit allegro steps -- The traditional turns of classical ballet -- Turning movements used in adagio -- Linking steps -- Allegro -- Turning steps en l'air -- Batterie -- Pointe work -- Reverence -- Classroom etiquette.

"In more than 2,600 photographs dancers demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire from the most basic ballet to the advanced." -- WorldCat

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