Percival, John  1937-2005 <br/><br/>
Modern ballet /  
John Percival. 
 - Rev. ed. 
 - New York :   Harmony Books,   ©1980. 
 - 144 p. :.  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  The background --  A new heart for ballet --  A new way of dancing --  New ideas, new methods --  New stages, new audiences --  New men, new women --  Index. 
<br/><br/> "No form of art has changed more over the last few years than ballet. In this book a leading international critic charts and assesses, simply and concisely, the new ideas, new techniques, new kinds of music and design that have revitalised traditional ballet and at the same time established a large, and enthusiastic audience for alternative experimental forms of dance. The scope of the book is world-wide, taking in little known newcomers together with the most famous choreographers, dancers and others who have contributed to the transformation of modern ballet.Among the dancers and choreographers included are Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Nureyev, Maurice Béjart, Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, <ikhail Baryshnikov. Twyla Tharp and John Neumeier. Among the more influential companies discussed are the New York City Ballet, The Joffrey, Alvin Ailey, the Ballet Rambert, the Royal Ballet, the Netherlands Dance Theatre, the Judson Dance Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet. A varied collection of about 100 photographs aptly illustrates and reinforces the text." -- Book cover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0517540940  9780517540947 0517540959 (pbk.) 9780517540954 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79023705 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ballet--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1787  / .P4 1980 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.80904  / PER