Ballet and modern dance book

Ballet and modern dance by susan au, 9780500204115, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Now expanded and updated, this second edition of the origina. This comprehensive history covers the entire spectrum, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the contemporary dance world. Susan au traces the development of ballet, describes influential choreographers, dances, and dancers, and looks at modern trends in dance. Anyone with an interest in dance has felt the need for a guide to the arts rich history and complex present state. Ed 1991 the art of making dances princeton book co. Detailed history with numerous names and titles and dates. On a recent sunday, the moderndance choreographer kyle abraham arrived at the david h. One of the books strengths is the presence of internal within the ballet and dance world and external dance ballet and its relation to the world outside links showing the relevance of productions, choreographers and dancers. It was nice to have one place to go for both, and it offers a much more extensive history than most technique books that give one page or so to history. Here are nine dancers of the past who defined what modern dance is today. Klantenservice boeken bestellen boeken zoeken boeken verkopen openingstijden levertijd retourneren ebooks downloaden.

Dance books for educators princeton book company dance. I wish she had included a short section on antiquity, as i believe that some of the inspiration for and concepts in classical ballet and in early modern dance derive from the rediscovery of antiquity but this is just quibbling. The text is illuminated by excerpts from primary sources and embellished by 65 photos. Her book is a good one if you want a more feelgood ballet book. These dancers disregarded ballets strict movement vocabulary, the particular, limited set of movements that were. Pdf ballet and modern dance download full pdf book. Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance, primarily arising out of. Chapters cover major western theatrical dance genres. A generous selection of illustrations completes the picture, taking the reader from the palaces. Specialists in the publishing and distribution of dance books and dvds for over. Ballet and modern dance meets the needs of both students and inquisitive dance goers through a narrative focused on the development of western theatrical dance from the renaissance to the first decades of the 21st century, incorporating the most recent scholarship and projecting trends. This is a good book offering the background of ballet and modern dance. It was nice to have one place to go for both, and it offers a much more extensive history.