With a fortune inherited from one of Sweden's wealthiest families, Rolf de Mare (1888-1964) was able to live a rich life in the arts, as an art collector, a ballet director and a museum founder. This book includes over one thousand illustrations about this man.

Celebrates forty years of Scotland's national ballet company with photographs and appreciation and commentary.

With a foreword by Monica Mason, this book is richly illustrated with images from The Royal Ballet's beginnings through to the present day and includes a visually stunning reminder of the 2008/09 season, along with an illustrated guide to the current one.

Serghei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.

Written by former prima ballerina Flora Twinkletoes, this handbook is a goldmine of insider information - letters, postcards, programmes, tickets and booklets - gathered from a lifelong love of ballet. From tips for your very first lesson to taking a curtain call as a principal dancer, this is a fact-filled journey through the world of ballet, picking up the language, movements, costumes and ...

The story of Li Cunxin, plucked aged 11 from a poor, remote Chinese village to train as a ballet dancer at the madam Mao's Beijing Academy.

Harald Lander (1905-71) was the most important figure in the history of the Royal Danish Ballet in the 20th century. This biography of Lander tells the story of this remarkable man, dispels many of the myths and rumours about him, and chronicles his fall from grace and ultimate rehabilitation.

The rags-to-riches story of one of the world's greatest dancers, from his difficult childhood, living in poverty in the backstreets of Cuba, to his astronomical rise to international stardom.

A sumptuous collection of over 200 full colour photographs by Bill Cooper. Published to celebrate the first three seasons of The Royal Ballet in their new permanent home at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

A comprehensive companion for dancers of all ages, designed to help them get the most from their ballet tuition, both in and out of the studio. It provides a selection of exercises from each of the RAD's examination grades, and also discusses such topics as choice of schools and what to wear.

A illustrated guide ranging from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap and world dance. Susan Au also examines the upsurge in revivals of such styles as ballroom, the Argentine tango and Irish step dancing, as well as the dancers' use of modern technology.

A collection of essays, lectures and notes that reveals the inspiration behind the choreography of modern dance founder Doris Humphrey. It also features the notes made before and during the making of forty-one of her dances that show how she put her choreographic principles and world view into dance.

This is the biography of the much-loved dancer, Margot Fonteyn, generally considered to be the best British ballerina of her generation. She was one of the rare artists whose name means as much to the ordinary man and woman as to devotees of their particular art.

Mary Wigman, Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham are key choreographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, whose rhythmic innovations challenged established norms of energy usage in their socio-cultural contexts. This book explores their rhythmic innovations by combining discussion of cultural contexts with analysis of specific dance works.

Covering the basics of classical ballet and sharing safe and sensible ways to try your hand (and toes) at moving through the actual dance steps, this reference shows you how to: build your appreciation for ballet from the ground up; choose the best practice space and equipment; tell a story with gestures; and speak the language of ballet.