THE BALLERINA GALLERY ENTER www.ballerinagallery.com Altynai Asylmuratova, Zhanna Ayupova, Svetlana Beriosova, Natalia Bessmertnova, Darcey Bussell, Yvette Chauviré, Alina Cojacaru, Natalia Dudinskaya, Aurelie Dupont, Violetta Elvin, Suzanne Farrell, Sofia Fedorova, Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Sylvie Guillem, Karen Karen, Tamara Karsavina, Irina Kolpakova, Tanaquil LeClercq, Svetlana Lunkina, Natalia Makarova, Yulia Makhalina, Alicia Markova, Ekaterina Maximova, Alla Mikhalchenko, Alla Osipenko, Merle Park, Anna Pavlova, Maya Plisetskaya, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Rojo, LudmilLudmila Semenyaka, Marina Semyonova, Moira Shearer, Alla Shelest, Antoinette Sibley, Olga Spessivtzeva, Raisa Struchkova, Tamara Toumanova, Vera Trefilova, Galina Ulanova, Diana Vishneva, Doreen Wells, Svetlana Zakharova, Allegra Kent, Sarah Wildor, Georgina Parkinson, Alla Sizova, Daria Pavlenko, Anya Linden, Monica Mason, Nina Timofeyeva, Nadezhda Pavlova, Nina Sorokina, Gelsey Kirkland, Carla Fracci, Diana Adams, Anneli Alhanko, Marcia Haydee, Cynthia Gregory, Patricia McBride, Isabelle Guerin, Monique Loudières, Elisabeth Maurin, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Agnès Letestu, Elisabeth Platel, Marina Kondratieva, Nina Ananiashvili, Maria Bilova, Viviana Durante, Galina Mezentseva, Lisa-Maree Cullum, Anna Antonicheva, Nadezhda Gracheva, Silvia Azzoni, Heather Jurgensen, Elizabeth Loscavio, Anna Polikarpova, Irina Baronova, Pearl Argyle, Pamela May, Nadia Nerina, Lynn Seymour, Alexandra Danilova, Tatiana Golikova, Veronika Part, Natalia Sologub, Tatiana Terekhova, Olga Chenchikova, Irina Chistyakova, Elena Evteyeva, Olga Likhovskaya, Olga Preobrajenska, Irina Dvorovenko, Gudrun Bojesen and Caroline Cavallo, Renée Jeanmaire and Patricia Ruanne, Alicia Alonso and Maria Tallchief, Merrill Ashley and Kyra Nichols, Margarethe Schanne and Kirsten Simone, Anastasia Volochkova, Marina Chirkova, Kaie Korb, Kaie Körb, Larissa Lezhnina, Ekaterina Osmolkina, Wendy Whelan, Eva Evdokimova, Rose Gad, Silja Schandorff, Anna Laerkesen, Veronika Ivanova, Lis Jeppesen, Heidi Ryom, Irma Nioradze, Vera Volkova, Elsa-Marianne von Rosen, Mona Vangsaae, Violette Verdy, Alexandra Balashova, Ekaterina Geltser, Geltzer, Tatiana Vecheslova, Alessandra Ferri, Gitte Lindstrøm, Maria Eichwald, Yuan Yuan Tan, Irina Golub, Sorella Englund, Margot Lander, Noëlla Pontois, Mette Bødtcher, Lisa Pavane, Nicole Rhodes, Susan Jaffe, Maria Kowroski, Lucia Lacarra, Heather Watts, Lycette Darsonval, Corina Dumitrescu, Maria Alexandrova, Marie Lindqvist, Sofiane Sylve, Mette Hønningen, Cecilia Kerche, Polina Semionova, Julie Kent, Melissa Hayden, Clairemarie Osta, Mette-Ida Kirk, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Ninette de Valois, Marie-Pierre Greve Olga Lepeshinskaya, Kaleria Fedicheva, Zenaida Yanowsky, Dinna Bjørn, Eva Kloborg, Anne Marie Vessel, Monica Perego, Irina Kolesnikova, Sue Jin Kang, Martine van Hamel, Gabriella Komleva, Ninel Kurgapkina, Rosella Hightower, Marianna Ryzhkina, Paloma Herrera, Egle Spokaite, Maria Allash, Ekaterina Shipulina, Diana Cuni, Tina Højlund, Amy Watson, Galina Stepanenko, Gillian Murphy, Roberta Marquez, Alicia Amatriain Bridget Breiner, Anastasia Yatsenko, Nadja Saidakova, Nina Vyroubova, Nina Kaptsova, Liane Daydé, Laura Hormigón, Izabela Sokolowska, Yao Wei, Susanne Grinder, Letizia Giuliani, Ambra Vallo, Mara Galeazzi, Evelyn Hart, Asta Bazeviciúte, Fanny Gaïda, Nathalie Krassovska, Patricia Barker, Rowena Jackson, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Kaleria Fedicheva, Zenaida Yanowsky, Dinna Bjørn, Eva Kloborg, Anne Marie Vessel, Monica Perego, Irina Kolesnikova, Elena Andrienko, Lydia Kyasht, Olga Iordan, Olesia Novikova, Delphine Moussin, Olga Moiseyeva, Eleonora Abbagnato, Galina Kirillova, Vera Karalli, Fiona Tonkin, Elena Lukom, Femke Mølbach Slot, Evgenia Obraztsova, Alina Somova, Beatrice Knop, Felia Doubrovska, Olga Ovchinnikova, Agnes Oaks, Daria Klimentova, Vera Arbuzova, Agrippina Vaganova Great ballerina photo collection. Pictures of the best ballerinas from Bolshoi, Kirov, Paris Opera and Royal Ballet. Ballet photos from the end of the 19th century until today. ballet ballerina photo photography photos picture pictures ballets ballerinas dance dancer dancers danseuse prima ballerina ballet prima ballerina prima ballerina assoluta bolshoi ballet kirov ballet theatre bolshoi kirov maryinsky mariinsky royal ballet NYCB nycb paris opera ballets russes ballet russe rororoyal danish ballet, kongelige ballet, balletten, balett, classical ballet, pob, roh, rdb, swan lake bayadere sleeping beauty coppelia giselle carlotta grisi, lucille grahn, zamboni, legnani, fanny cerrito, marie taglioni, petipa, fanny ellsler, Now on DVD! The essential video dictionary of all classical ballet movements performed by some of the greatest names in American Ballet. Teachers and students alike find the Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet the most innovative and dynamic tool ever developed for learning and studying the movements of ballet. 4 1/2 hours on two DVDs, this set includes over 800 variations in Russian, French, and Cecchetti styles. Many of the movements are shown in slow motion with multiple camera angles and voice-over narrative description. This engaging program demonstrates the complete language of ballet:Positions and Directions , Barre , Linking Steps , Center Practice , Pirouettes , Adage , Allegro , Batterie , Pointe , Musical Enchainements. For easy reference, a printed index of all the movements and variations performed is included. This comprehensive guide is demonstrated by four of the most outstanding figures in American Ballet: , Kevin McKenzie (Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre, former principal dancer, ABT) , Georgina Parkinson (Ballet Mistress of ABT; former principal dancer, Royal Ballet) , Merrill Ashley (former principal dancer, New York City Ballet) , Denise Jackson (former principal dancer, Joffrey Ballet) Natalia Bessmertnova is one of those highly gifted people with whom working in the arts is a simply incomparable pleasure. Even when she was still very young, a student a the Ballet School in the class of Sofia Golovkina, she attracted our attention with the unusual delicacy of her dancing, her inspired sense of motion and the glow that emanated from each of her movements. Altynai Asylmuratova. Repertoire: La Sylphide (Sylphide), Giselle (Giselle), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, La Fee de Lilac), The Nutcracker (Masha), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile), Raymonda (Raymonda), Don Quixote (Kitri, Street dancer), Le Corsaire (Medora), "Dying Swan", "Paquita" Grand Pas (variation, Principal), The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (Zarema), La Bayadere (Nikia), "Esmeralda" Pas de Six, Pas de Quatre (Fanny Cerrito), Sheherazade (Zobeide), Firebird (Firebird), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Chopiniana (Valse in C Sharp minor, Mazurka), The Legend of Love (Shyrin, Mekhmeneh Bahnu), Apollo (Terpsichore), Theme and Variations, In the Night (Ist movement), Roland Petit`s Carmen (Carmen), Manon (Manon). Galina Ulanova. Born in St Petersburg 1910. She studied with her mother Maria Romanovna and Agrippina Vaganova at the Leningrad Choreography School. Graduated 1928 and danced with the Kirov Ballet until 1944 when she transferred to Bolshoi Theatre. Her impact on both Russian and Western ballet has been enormous. Unforgetable are her roles in Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Fountain of Bakhchisaray and many others. In 1959 she became ballet mistress of the Bolshoi and coached Ekaterina Maximova. As a great Russian ballerina she created magnificent images and incarnated in her dancing most complicated dramatic collisions and developed the principles and traditions of the Russian school of choreography. She has won world recognition. She is the winner of the following international prizes: Anna Pavlova Prize of the Paris Academy of Dancing (1958); Oscar Parcelli Prize "Life for the Sake of Dancing" (1988 Milano). On November 16, 1981 a UNESCO - sponsored evening, devoted to Ulanova was held in Paris, with the ballet "In Ulanova's Honour" shown (choreographer Vasiliev). Ulanova's statue is installed in Stockholm (sculptor E.A. Yanson-Manizer, 1984), and her bronze bust, in St. Petersburg (sculptor M.K. Anikushin, 1984). Honorary Member of the US Academy of Arts and Sciences; Comandore Order for contribution in the sphere of art and literature (France, 1992). Darcey Bussel. Born in London in 1969, she studied at the Royal Ballet School. She won the Prix de Lausanne, 1986. She joined SWRB, 1987, and moved to The Royal Ballet as a Soloist, 1988. She was promoted to First Soloist, then Principal, 1989. She created Princess Rose (Prince of the Pagodas), Masha (Winter Dreams), Mistress Truth-on-Toe (Mr Worldly Wise) and roles in The Spirit of Fugue, Bloodlines, Dances with Death, Pavane pour une infante défunte and Towards Poetry. Her repertory includes Juliet, Giselle, Odette/Odile, Cinderella, Aurora, Sugar Plum Fairy, Nikiya, Terpsichore (Apollo), Raymonda, Manon, Mitzi Caspar (Mayerling), Black Queen (Checkmate), Mathilde Kschessinska (Anastasia), pas de deux (Birthday Offering) and roles in Serenade, Duo Concertant, Agon, Ballet Imperial, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, Symphony in C, In the middle, somewhat elevated, Push Comes to Shove. Daria Pavlenko. Born in Moscow, 1978. Graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Prof. Elena Evteyeva). Joined Mariinsky Theatre in 1996. Became Soloist in 1998. Repertoire: The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine/ Lilac Fairy / Princess Aurora), Raymonda (Clemance, Grand Pas Classique), Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, Big swans, Pas de Trois), La Bayadere (Gamzatti, Pas de Trois from The scene "Kingdom of Shades"), "Paquita" Grand pas (Variation), Giselle (Monnah, Zulmah), The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Young women), Le Corsaire (Pas de Trois), Chopiniana (Mazurka, Valse in C Sharp minor, Prelude), Pas de Quatre (Lucile Grahn), Serenade, Apollo (Calliope), Symphony in C (Ith movement), Middle Duo, Poeme de l`extase, Jewels (Rubies/ Emeralds). Suzanne Farrell. Born in Cincinatti 1945. Joined New York City Ballet 1961. Left NYCB 1970 and danced 4 years with the Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels, Belgium. In 1975 she rejoined the New York City Ballet and began another period of creative activity with Balanchine. Her technical virtuosity, spontaneity and exceptional musical sensitivity made her the perfect Balanchine ballerina. Repertoire includes: Serenade, Don Quixote, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Meditation, Tzigane, Vienna Waltzes, Mozartiana, Schumann’s Davidsbundlertanze. Olga Spessivtzeva. Born in Rostov, Russia 1895. She was a pupil of Sokolova, Fokine and Vaganova and graduated in 1913 and became soloist with the Mariinsky ballet in 1916. She was an exquisite romantic dancer with perfect technique, ideally suited for Giselle and Odette-Odile. In 1916 she toured USA with Diaghilev, replacing Tamara Karsavina, and danced with Nijinsky. In 1921 she danced Aurora in Diaghilev's famous The Sleeping Princess in London. From 1924 to 1932 she danced mainly at the Paris Opéra Ballet. In 1932 she made another historical guest appearance in London dancing Giselle with Anton Dolin. She also toured in Buenos Aires and Australia. Moved to USA in 1939 and after showing signs of depression she suffered a nervous breakdown in 1943 and was placed in a mental hospital. Not until 20 years later was she discharged with great help from Anton Dolin and Felia Doubrovska and settled in the Tolstoy Farm outside New York. Sylvie Guillem. Principal Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet, she was born in Paris 1965 and studied at Paris Opéra Ballet School. In 1984 Rudolf Nureyev made her an Étoile with Paris Opéra Ballet. She won the Varna Competition, Carpeaux Prize, Andersen Prize, and has been made a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and made Chevalier de Légion d’Honneur by François Mitterrand. Her repertory includes Grand Pas classique, Other Dances, La Luna, Herman Schmerman, In the middle, somewhat elevated, Firstext, Steptext, Bolero, The Rite of Spring, Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien and the leading roles in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, A Month in the Country, La Bayadère, Cinderella and Raymonda. Corina Dumitrescu, Maria Alexandrova, Marie Lindqvist, Sofiane Sylve, Mette Hønningen, Cecilia Kerche, Polina Semionova, Julie Kent, Melissa Hayden, Clairemarie Osta, Mette-Ida Kirk, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Ninette de Valois, Marie-Pierre Greve, Yuan Yuan Tan, Irina Golub, Sorella Englund, Margot Lander, Noëlla Pontois, Mette Bødtcher, Lisa Pavane, Nicole Rhodes, Susan Jaffe, Maria Kowroski, Lucia Lacarra, Heather Watts, Lycette Darsonval, Elsa-Marianne von Rosen, Mona Vangsaae, Violette Verdy, Alexandra Balashova, Ekaterina Geltser, Geltzer, Tatiana Vecheslova, Alessandra Ferri, Gitte Lindstrøm, Maria Eichwald, Marina Chirkova, Kaie Korb, Kaie Körb, Larissa Lezhnina, Ekaterina Osmolkina, Wendy Whelan, Eva Evdokimova, Rose Gad, Silja Schandorff, Anna Laerkesen, Veronika Ivanova, Lis Jeppesen, Heidi Ryom, Irma Nioradze, Vera Volkova, Irina Dvorovenko, Gudrun Bojesen and Caroline Cavallo, Renée Jeanmaire and Patricia Ruanne, Alicia Alonso and Maria Tallchief, Merrill Ashley and Kyra Nichols, Margarethe Schanne and Kirsten Simone, Anastasia Volochkova, Lisa-Maree Cullum, Anna Antonicheva, Nadezhda Gracheva, Silvia Azzoni, Heather Jurgensen, Elizabeth Loscavio, Anna Polikarpova, Irina Baronova, Pearl Argyle, Pamela May, Nadia Nerina, Lynn Seymour, Alexandra Danilova, Tatiana Golikova, Veronika Part, Natalia Sologub, Tatiana Terekhova, Olga Chenchikova, Irina Chistyakova, Elena Evteyeva, Olga Likhovskaya, Olga Preobrajenska, Anna Pavlova, Maya Plisetskaya, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Rojo, Ludmila Semenyaka, Marina Semyonova, Moira Shearer, Diana Vishneva, Doreen Wells, Svetlana Zakharova, Allegra Kent, Sarah Wildor, Georgina Parkinson, Alla Sizova, Alla Shelest, Antoinette Sibley, Olga Spessivtzeva, Raisa Struchkova, Tamara Toumanova, Vera Trefilova, Galina Ulanova, Beryl Grey, Sylvie Guillem, Karen Karen, Tamara Karsavina, Irina Kolpakova, Tanaquil LeClercq, Svetlana Lunkina, Carla Fracci, Diana Adams, Anneli Alhanko, Marcia Haydee, Cynthia Gregory, Patricia McBride, Isabelle Guerin, Monique Loudières, Elisabeth Maurin, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Agnès Letestu, Elisabeth Platel, Marina Kondratieva, Nina Ananiashvili, Maria Bilova, Viviana Durante, Galina Mezentseva, Natalia Makarova, Yulia Makhalina, Alicia Markova, Ekaterina Maximova, Alla Mikhalchenko, Alla Osipenko, Merle Park, Daria Pavlenko, Anya Linden, Monica Mason, Nina Timofeyeva, Nadezhda Pavlova, Nina Sorokina, Gelsey Kirkland. Altynai Asylmuratova, Zhanna Ayupova, Svetlana Beriosova, Natalia Bessmertnova, Darcey Bussell, Yvette Chauviré, Alina Cojacaru, Natalia Dudinskaya, Aurelie Dupont, Violetta Elvin, Suzanne Farrell, Sofia Fedorova, Margot Fonteyn, Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal by Toni Bentley Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal is the exquisite chronicle of a ballet dancer's experiences with the New York City Ballet written by Toni Bentley. Now re-issued. She writes: "We are hairless. We have no leg hairs, no pubic hair, no armpit hair, no facial hair, no neck hair and only a solid little lump at the top of our heads. Any sign of stubble must be closely watched out for and removed." "That is not all. We don't eat food, we eat music. We need artistic sustenance only. Emotional, inspiring sustenance. Al our physical energy is the overflow of spiritual feelings. We live on faith, belief, love, inspiration, vitamins and Tab." The Ballet Book : Learning and Appreciating the Secrets of Dance The definitive book for learning and appreciating ballet, The Ballet Book goes behind the scenes to the classes, rehearsals, and performances that have shaped this prestigious ballet company. Readers will learn from the best as American Ballet Theatre dancers show how to stretch, stand, dance, and perform like professional ballerinas. Featuring photographs of dancers at their most dramatic - and most intimate - this fully illustrated book shares ballet's best-kept secrets and, by demonstrating how to watch and appreciate as well as to dance ballet, is indispensable for every dancer and lover of dance. The book features Nina Ananiashvili and Ethan Stiefel. The Royal Ballet in House by Bill Cooper (Photographer) A large format book, containing 200 pages of beautiful full colour photographs of The Royal Ballet. Dancers pictured include Carlos Acosta, Leanne Benjamin, Roberto Bolle, Deborah Bull, Darcey Bussell, Alina Cojocaru, Jonathan Cope, Angel Corella, Sylvie Guillem, Johan Kobborg, Irek Mukhamedov, Marianela Nunez, Johan Persson, Ivan Putrov, Nicolas Le Riche, Tamara Rojo, Bruce Sansom, Ethan Stiefel, Jaimie Tapper, Sarah Wildor, Inaki Urlezaga, Zenaida Yanowsky, and Miyako Yoshida. Henning Kronstam: Portrait of a Danish Dancer by Alexandra Tomalonis The story of Henning Kronstam, one of the greatest dancers of 20th-century ballet, is a testament of professional achievement and personal victory. Overcoming illness, family disapproval, and his own private torments, Kronstam dominated one of the world's most renowned companies, the Royal Danish Ballet, for nearly 30 years—beginning in 1956 when he created the role of Romeo at the age of 20 in Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet until a new generation, trained by him, took the stage. In 1979, he organized and directed the Bournonville Festival, introducing the world to the rarely performed works of August Bournonville, the Danes’ master choreographer. Alexandra Tomalonis has documented Kronstam's major roles as recounted in his own words, revealing the genius behind the man and his art. A superb technician and impeccable classical stylist, Kronstam was also a great dance-actor. His range stretched from classical ballet to modern dance; his greatest roles included Bournonville's James; Balanchine's Apollo; Petit's Cyrano; and the Old Clown in Murray Louis's Hoopla. His refusal to substitute flash for style earned him the admiration of his peers, and he remains a beacon of artistic integrity and courage to the three generations of dancers he taught and coached. In the writing of this book, the author conducted 200 hours of interviews with Henning Kronstam and talked with over 100 dancers and choreographers, including many who worked with him. She observed classes and rehearsals at the Royal Danish Ballet over a 10-year period to provide an unusually detailed view of backstage life. More than a biography of one man, this book tells the story of a great dance company. The 155 photographs accompanying the narrative showcase Kronstam's refined classical technique, unparalleled dramatic range, and the theatrical traditions of the Royal Danish Ballet. Holding on to the Air: An Autobiography by Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement. Costumes By Karinska by Toni Bentley Of Barbara Karinska, George Balanchine said, "There is Shakespeare for literature and Karinska for costume." While any comparison to Shakespeare is hyperbole, Karinska was certainly among the greatest costume designers of her generation. She was one of Balanchine's closest collaborators, and her work for film, theater, opera, and dance helped define the look of an era. Among others, she worked with Agnes de Mille, Bronislava Nijinska, Jerome Robbins, Louis Jouvet, Franco Zeffirelli, Mike Todd, Victor Fleming, and George Cukor. One of the highest moments in her long career was the remounting of Firebird in 1970 for the New York City Ballet based on designs by Chagall. Entertainingly written by Bentley (Winter Season, A Dancer's Journal, LJ 8/82. o.p.), a former dancer with the New York City Ballet, this lavishly illustrated volume is recommended for costume, theater, and dance collections. The Great History of the Russian Ballet: Its Art and Choreography Although the techniques of classical ballet were invented by French and Italian masters two hundred years ago, the Russian Ballet refined these techiques, thus enhancing its already superb performances. In 1738, the first professional school of dance opened in St. Petersburg. During the 18th century, the Russian Ballet became known for its tragic and its comic ballets. The Russian Ballet reached is apogee during the 19th century. The second half of the 19th century was marked by the collaboration of Petipa, the French choreographer, withe the Russian composer Tchaikovsky. In the early 20th century, Diaghilev delighted audiences in the West by presenting his Ballets Russes with suprememly talented choreographers, dancers, compers, and set deisgners. The book offers an encyclopedic overview of the entire history of the Russian Ballet, written by a team of scholars. I, Maya Plisetskaya Maya Plisetskaya, one of the world's foremost dancers, rose to become a prima ballerina of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet after an early life filled with tragedy and loss. In this spirited memoir, Plisetskaya reflects on her personal and professional odyssey, presenting a unique view of the life of a Soviet artist during the troubled period from the late 1930s to the 1990s. Plisetskaya recounts the execution of her father in the Great Terror and her mother's exile to the Gulag. She describes her admission to the Bolshoi in 1943, the roles she performed there, and the endless petty harassments she endured, from both envious colleagues and Party officials. Refused permission for six years to tour with the company, Plisetskaya eventually performed all over the world, working with such noted choreographers as Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart. She recounts the tumultuous events she lived through and the fascinating people she met - among them the legendary ballet teacher Agrippina Vaganova, George Balanchine, Frank Sinatra, Rudolf Nureyev, and Dmitri Shostakovich. And she provides fascinating details about testy cocktail-party encounters with Khrushchev, tours abroad when her meager per diem allowance brought her close to starvation, and KGB plots to capitalize on her friendship with Robert Kennedy. Gifted, courageous, and brutally honest, Plisetskaya brilliantly illuminates the world of Soviet ballet during an era that encompasses both repression and cultural détente. Once a Dancer by Allegra Kent This unusual, fascinating, and at times almost surreal autobiography chronicles the life of Allegra Kent, one of the most famous-and notorious-of Balanchine's prima ballerinas. The most blatantly erotic of Balanchine ballets were written for her pliant and chilly dance method. This book has it all: art, dance, infidelity, sexual intrigue, histrionics, eccentric outbursts, nose jobs, philosophy, and Krishnamurti. Entirely entertaining and intriguing for both dance enthusiasts and those who don't know a plié from a jeté. Classical Ballet Technique by Gretchen Ward Warren With this brilliantly imagined and beautifully achieved work, Gretchen Warren has created the fisrt comprehensive, photgraphicaly illustrated reference and teaching guie on classical ballet technique. In more than 2,600 photographs, Johan Renvall, Cynthia Harvey, Susan Jaffe, and an array o other dancers from such companies as the American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire, from the most basic to the most advanced. The book's design matches each photograph with captions that details appropriate teaching techniques and describe the proper teaching techniques and describe the proper execution of each step. A glossary defines common dance terms, and a pronunciation guide provides phonetic transcriptions of French ballet terms. Royal Academy of Dancing Step-By-Step Ballet Class - An Illustrated Guide to the Official Ballet Syllabus This completely new edition of the Royal Academy of Dancing's Step-By-Step Ballet Class features the very latest international examination syllabus. It presents a comprehensive selection of exercises taken from each of the examination grades, beginning with Pre-Primary and working up to Grade Five, the most advanced. Excellent sequential drawings and explanatory notes take the dancer through each exercise in turn, and topics such as dressing for dance and taking examinations are also included. An essential guide for anyone interested in learning ballet. Founded in 1920, the Royal Academy of Dancing is the largest training school in the world, teaching and examining in more than 50 countries. Its syllabus is the most widely accepted method of training in the world. Alexander Pushkin: Master Teacher of Dance At the great Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg, Alexander Ivanovich Pushkin (1907-1970) danced many leading roles from 1925 to 1953. However, it was as a teacher at the Leningrad Choreographic School that he became a legend. Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov were his star pupils, but nearly all the leading male dancers of the Kirov Ballet from the 1940s through the 1960s were taught by him. Filled with personal photos, as well as others of his students and classes, this concise, insightful biography reveals to us the life and techniques of a master teacher. Ballet 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet by Robert Greskovic Robert Greskovic's enthusiasm for ballet is infectious. The combination of ideal bodies moving into wondrous shapes, beautiful music, and often fantastic sets and costumes makes it, in his opinion, a near perfect art form. Still, many art lovers who regularly visit museums and galleries and think nothing of an evening at the opera or theater practically panic at the thought of sitting through a ballet. Ballet 101 should ease those people's fears. Greskovic starts off with a lively but solid history of ballet, then covers the training of a dancer. These two elements alone offer an excellent foundation for understanding what's going on on-stage. The book also includes clear information about the logistics of a performance - from the conductor's arrival in the orchestra pit to the final curtain call, no pique, glissade, or arabesque is left unexplained. After covering these basics, Greskovic examines 14 ballets in great detail - most are classics like Les Sylphides, but a number of modern treasures like Balanchine's Apollo are also covered. For readers yearning to take in more dance than their local ballet company offers in a season, the book includes an extensive videography as well as excellent suggestions for further reading. The tone of Ballet 101 is serious without being dry and informative without being condescending - a great find for anyone anxious to learn more about this often under-appreciated art form. The New York City Ballet Workout by Peter Martins New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible - and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with more than 300 instructional exercise photographs and extraordinary duotone portraits of New York City Ballet dancers, The New York City Ballet Workout explores the company's philosophy of balancing art, life, and fitness. Russian ballet and dancers: Maximova & Vasiliev at the Bolshoi by Roberta Lazzarini The Bolshoi Ballet by Judy Cameron A Bolshoi ballerina, Natalia Bessmertnova by A. Demidov Natalia Bessmertnova by Mira Bolshoi's Young Dancers by Bolshoi Theatre Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet School Student Life in the World' Most Prestigious Dance School by Sophia N. Golovkina The Bolshoi Theatre: History, Opera, Ballet by A. Lushin Official Bolshoi Ballet Book of Swan Lake by Yuri Grigorovich and Demidov Days With Ulanova An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Russian Ballerina by Albert E. Kahn The Russian Ballet on Tour by Alexander Orloff, Willis Margaret E. Anna Pavlova: Her Life and Art by Keith Money Pavlova: Reportoiare of a Legend by Roberta Lazzarini Plisetskaya by Kapterova Choura: The Memoirs of Alexandra Danilova by Alexandra Danilova Valery Gergiev and the Kirov A Story of Survival Leningrad's ballet: Maryinsky to Kirov by John Gregory British ballet and dancers: The Royal Ballet today by Keith Money The Royal Ballet: The First Fifty Years by Alexander Bland A camera at the ballet: Pioneer dancers of the Royal Ballet by Gordon Anthony The Sadler's Wells Ballet: A History and an Appreciation by Mary Clarke The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden. Text by David Vaughan. Photographs by Leslie E. Spatt. Portrait of the Royal Ballet by Anthony Crickmay (Photographer) Dancers by Anthony Crickmay Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography by Margot Fonteyn Antoinette Sibley by Anthony Crickmay Antoinette Sibley by Leslie E. Spatt Antoinette Sibley - Reflection of a Ballerina by Barbara Newman Sibley & Dowell by Leslie E. Spatt Merle Park by Anthony Crickmay Margot Fonteyn by Anthony Crickmay Markova by Maurice Leonard Markova remembers by Alicia Markova Other ballet and dancers: Karen Kain: Movement Never Lies: An Autobiography by Karen Kain Romeo & Juliet: The Love Story in Dance With Angel Corella and Paloma Herrera by Nancy Ellison International Dictionary of Ballet by James Press Saint (Editor) (July 2002) Stravinsky and Balanchine by Charles M. Joseph (May 2002)