These highly entertaining memoirs of Marius Petipa, the great Franco-Russian choreogapher had never before been translated into English before their first publication in 1958. As virtual dictator of the Russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century, Petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to have created the style of classical dancing still known as Russian. His renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most Companies today. Petipa's memoirs reveal many interesting details of his career and of the people he worked with, including Tchaikovsky and the young Pavlova, and give an insight into his character and genius that it is not possible to gain from any other source. Written towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion, when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been delighted to know that his great ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and La Bayadere are more popular today than ever before.

Russian Ballet Master: The Memoirs of Marius Petipa

Biographies & Memoirs

Petipa, Marius

Arts & Literature

David Leonard

What is dance notation, why is it needed, how did it start, are there many systems, and who uses them? This book answers these and many more questions, and gives a fascinating insight into no less than 35 dance notation systems.

Dance Notation

Arts & Photography

Guest, Ann Hutchinson

Performing Arts

"Alphabet of Classical Dance" sets out in detail the classes taught in their first three years of study to students at the U.S.S.R's main school of classical ballet, the Vaganova Choreographic School in Leningrad. Many of the greatest dancers of our time are products of the School - Ulanova, Makarova, Baryshnikov, Nureyev - to name but a few, and teachers and their students will find invaluable this detailed exposition of the teaching methods of one of the world's great ballet schools.

Alphabet of Classical Dance

Bazarova, Nadezhda

Mey, Varvara

The story of radio stations KCBQ, KGB, KDEO, and XEAK as the Top 40 format prevailed over AM radio from 1955-1982. Aircheck offers a general history of San Diego radio stations, detailed histories of the four key Top 40 stations, short biographies and photos of each DJ, images of studios, weekly surveys, memorabilia, coverage charts, a glossary of terms, and a full name index. Aircheck deftly covers the degree of competition that occured between stations and among staff to retain top ratings.Limited to 1000 copies

Aircheck: The Story of Top 40 Radio in San Diego

David, Leonard

Paperback version of police memoir by David Leonard

Real Cop : A Memoir of a Career Street Officer Paperback David Leonard

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Soviet Choreographers in the 1920s

Literature & Fiction

Souritz, Elizabeth

Dramas & Plays

In 1860 the great Danish choreographer and ballet-master, August Bournonville, wrote a series of eight public letters, which were published simultaneously in France and Turin. Bournonville's letters, featured in this volume, express his views on many aspects of ballet in his time.

Letters on Dance and Choreography

BOURNONVILLE, August

The notation of hand movements ranging from broad general statements for the whole hand to detailed descriptions that necessitate defining use of a particular surface or edge of a specific joint or segment.

Advanced Labanotation, issue 5.

Kolff, Joukje

Humor & Entertainment

The description and notation of various different types of objects, such as sticks, fans, swords, ribbons, and candles, and the ways in which they can be held or manipulated with the hands or other parts of the body.

Advanced Labanotation, Issue 8.

Specific details on notating a range of aspects of movement in Labanotation. These include finer intermediate directions, greater variations in writing paths of gestures and paths across the floor, defined intermediate distances, specific minor movements, motion versus destination, orientation according to various systems of reference, and defined areas and locations on stage.

Advanced Labanotation, Issue 9.

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