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Author | : Fedor Lopukhov |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780299182748 |
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Although little-known in the West, Fedor Lopukhov was a leading figure in Russia's dance world for more than sixty years and an influence on many who became major figures in Western dance, such as George Balanchine. As a choreographer, he staged the first post-revolutionary productions of traditional ballets like Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty as well as avant-garde and experimental works, including Dance Symphony, Bolt, and a highly controversial version of The Nutcracker. This first publication in English of Lopukhov's theoretical writings will give readers a clear understanding of his seminal importance in dance history and illuminate his role in the development of dance as a nonnarrative, musically based form. These writings present the rationale behind Lopukhov's attempt to develop a "symphonic" ballet that would integrate the formal and expressive elements of dance and music. They also show his finely detailed knowledge of the classical heritage and his creative efforts to transmit major works to future generations. This edition explains not only the making of his own controversial Dance Symphony but also the issues he saw at stake in productions of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and other key works by Petipa and Fokine. Lopukhov's writings argue the details of choreographic devices with an unusual degree of precision, and his comments on composers and the musical repertoire used by his predecessors and contemporaries are equally revealing. Stephanie Jordan's introduction deftly situates these writings within the context of Lopukhov's life and career and in relation to the theories, aesthetics, and practices of dance in the twentieth century.
Author | : Harriet Cavalli |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780813018874 |
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Harriet Cavalli, internationally recognized as one of the most talented and experienced specialists in the art of music for dancers and dance teachers, presents here the definitive book on accompaniment, as well as her personal - often humorous - look behind the scenes at the world of dance. The text is enhanced by diagrams and 83 complete musical examples, providing a wealth of repertoire choices.
Author | : Wendy Hilton |
Publisher | : Pendragon Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780945193982 |
Download Dance and Music of Court and Theater Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection of selected writings of Ms. Hilton includes a complete facsimile of her 1981 book Dance of Court & Theater (no longer available) as well as two significant articles, and a notated triple-meter danse � deux by LouisP�cour. Book One (the facsimile) provides in-depth analysis of primary sources on dance of the baroque period.The main body of the text is devoted to mastery of the Beauchamp-Feuillet notation system,which includes the relationships of steps to music in such dance types as the menuet,gavotte, bourr�e, sarabande, passacaille, loure, gigue, and entr�e grave. Instruction is also given on style, bows and courtesies, the use of the hat, and the ballroom menuet ordinaire as given by Pierre Rameau.Book Two adds theslow Seventeenth-Century French Courante; A survey of the 56 dances extant to music by J.B. Lully with their airs and some of the more virtuosic, theatrical step-units in notation; Louis P�cour's ballroom dance Aimable Vainqueur (1701 in six pages of dance notation with a five-part score of Andr� Campra's music from Hesione (1700)and an updated bibliography.
Author | : Ellen O'Connell Whittet |
Publisher | : Melville House |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1612198325 |
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"Poignant and exquisite"--The Los Angeles Review of Books "An inspiring and powerful book"--Booklist "A genuinely absorbing read"--Kirkus "Revelatory, honest, and wondrous."--Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name A lyrical and meditative memoir on the damage we inflict in the pursuit of perfection, the pain of losing our dreams, and the power of letting go of both. With a promising career in classical ballet ahead of her, Ellen O'Connell Whittet was devastated when a misstep in rehearsal caused a career-ending injury. Ballet was the love of her life. She lived for her moments under the glare of the stage-lights--gliding through the air, pretending however fleetingly to effortlessly defy gravity. Yet with a debilitating injury forcing her to reconsider her future, she also began to reconsider what she had taken for granted in her past. Beneath every perfect arabesque was a foot, disfigured by pointe shoes, stuffed--taped and bleeding--into a pink, silk slipper. Behind her ballerina's body was a young girl starving herself into a fragile collection of limbs. Within her love of ballet was a hatred of herself for struggling to achieve the perfection it demanded of her. In this raw and redemptive debut memoir, Ellen O'Connell Whittet explores the silent suffering of the ballerina--and finds it emblematic of the violence that women quietly shoulder every day. For O'Connell Whittet, letting go of one meant confronting the other--only then was it possible to truly take flight.
Author | : Edwin Denby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780300076172 |
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This collection of writings by the American dance critic and poet, Edwin Denby, includes his reactions to choreography ranging from Martha Graham to the Rockettes, as well as his reflections on general topics including dance in film, dance criticism and meaning in dance.
Author | : Matthew Naughtin |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2014-07-17 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 081088660X |
Download Ballet Music Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Musicians who work professionally with ballet and dance companies sometimes wonder if they haven’t entered a foreign country—a place where the language and customs seem so utterly familiar and so bafflingly strange at the same. To someone without a dance background, phrases and terms--boy’s variation, pas d’action, apothéose—simply don’t fit their standard musical vocabulary. Even a familiar term like adagio means something quite different in the world of dance. Like any working professional, those conductors, composers, rehearsal pianists, instrumentalists and even music librarians working with professional ballet and dance companies must learn what dance professionals talk about when they talk about music. In Ballet Music: A Handbook Matthew Naughtin provides a practical guide for the professional musician who works with ballet companies, whether as a full-time staff member or as an independent contractor. In this comprehensive work, he addresses the daily routine of the modern ballet company, outlines the respective roles of the conductor, company pianist and music librarian and their necessary collaboration with choreographers and ballet masters, and examines the complete process of putting a dance performance on stage, from selection or existing music to commissioning original scores to staging the final production. Because ballet companies routinely revise the great ballets to fit the needs of their staff and stage, audience and orchestra, ballet repertoire is a tangled web for the uninitiated. At the core of Ballet Music: A Handbook lies an extensive listing of classic ballets in the standard repertoire, with information on their history, versions, revisions, instrumentation, score publishers and other sources for tracking down both the original music and subsequent musical additions and adaptations. Ballet Music: A Handbook is an invaluable resource for conductors, pianists and music librarians as well as any student, scholar or fan of the ballet interested in the complex machinery that works backstage before the curtain goes up.
Author | : Adesola Akinleye |
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ISBN | : 9781789383614 |
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Author | : Christelle Galloux |
Publisher | : Auzou |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2017-10 |
Genre | : Ballet |
ISBN | : 9782733852453 |
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Discover 8 of the world's greatest ballets!
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Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789990327397 |
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Author | : Robert Lawrence |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Ballets |
ISBN | : |
Download The Victor Book of Ballets and Ballet Music Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Starts with a brief history of ballet, with brief paragraphs on some of the trend-setting choreographers. Outlines the plots of over 120 ballets (arranged alphabetically by title) and identifies key musical motifs. Includes a "selective discography".