Results for: books tagged ‘Ballet’
Billy Elliot: Lee Hall
The screenplay to the heart-warming hit film about a miner's son who dreams of being a ballet dancer, written by acclaimed playwright Lee Hall. 11-year-old Billy Elliot is fascinated by ... More
The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet: Deborah Bull and Luke Jennings
This essential pocket guide to this enduringly popular art, is a perfect introduction to over eighty of the most performed ballets today. Spanning nearly two centuries of classical dancing, this ... More
Secret Muses: Julie Kavanagh
Sir Frederick Ashton, Britain's greatest choreographer, was a major figure on the cultural landscape of the twentieth century and his influence extended far beyond the world of dance. Julie Kavanagh ... More
The Book of Proper Names: Amelie Nothomb
The Book of Proper Names is the story of the hapless orphan girl, Plectrude. Raised by her aunt, and unaware of the dark secret behind her past, she is a ... More
The Royal Ballet: 75 Years: Zoe Anderson
In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, the Royal Ballet - as it became - was one of the world's great ... More
Tchaikovsky: David Brown
This very distinctive new work on Tchaikovsky uniquely combines a lively biography of Russia's best-loved composer with a chronological guide to his music, ranging from the popular symphonies, concertos, operas ... More
Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence Volume 3: Robert Craft
At the centre of this third and final volume of letters to and from Igor Stravinsky is four decades of the composer’s correspondence with his publishers. Stravinsky’s letters to Schotts ... More
Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence Volume 2: Robert Craft
In this second volume of Igor Stravinsky’s correspondence - selected and annotated by his friend and associate Robert Craft - we are given a wealth of material relating to the composer’s ... More
Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence Volume 1: Robert Craft
This initial selection from the extraordinary lifetime of letters to and from Igor Stravinsky, annotated by his friend and associate Robert Craft, includes correspondence with W. H. Auden, Jean Cocteau, ... More
Richard Strauss: Norman Del Mar
Norman Del Mar (1919-1994) was universally recognised as a leading authority on the music of Richard Strauss, and his masterly three-volume study of his life and works remains a classic.Volume ... More
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