The Ballet Companion

Eliza Gaynor Minden - The Ballet Companion
Fireside, 2005
332 str.
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THE BALLET COMPANION is the first complete, illustrated reference book for the dancer. With more than 150 stunning photographs of ballet greats Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, THE BALLET COMPANION brims with everything today's dance student needs including: * Practical advice for getting started, such as finding the right teacher, fitting a pointe shoe, tying a ballet bun * Training safely through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross training with yoga and Pilates * Inside information on backstage and studio etiquette and auditioning * Technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre * Glossaries and lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history and 'Must See' ballets Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a graceful mix of ballet traditions and essential, new information.

Eliza Gaynor Minden is the President of Gaynor Minden, the dancewear company. She is known as the "new face of dancewear" for her commitment--spread through her company's ad campaign--to helping dancers stay healthy and respect their bodies.

The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including:

Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette
Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems
An illustrated guide through ballet class -- warm-up, barre, and center floor
Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates
Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms
Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette.

Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a lively mix of ballet's time-honored traditions and essential new information.

Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: To be a dancer
Getting started
Selecting a ballet school
Choosing your level of commitment
Ballet moms and dads: Sine Qua Non
What to expect of class
What class expects of you
Getting the most out of class
When to begin pointework
All that jazz, modern, and more
Ballet at any age
Getting serious
Backstage and onstage
Summer intensives
Auditions
Advanced classes: partnering and variations
Men's training
Competitions
Curious dancer: Studio attire
Ribbons and elastics
Ballet bun
Stage makeup
Ballet's courtly origins
Tour de Force: Catherine de Medici and Le Ballet Comique de la Reine
Rebels, rivals, and the "Shakespeare of Ballet"
Louis XIV and the French tradition
Romanticism
Extraordinary partnership: Fonteyn and Nureyev
Part 2: Ballet basics
Major schools of ballet
French school
Bournonville (Denmark)
Cecchetti (Italy)
Royal Academy of Dance (England)
Vaganova (Soviet Russia)
Balanchine
Fundamentals of technique
Alignment
Lift
Turnout
Positions and orientations
Positions of the feet
Positions of the arms
Sur le Cou-de-Pied
Passe or retire
Arabesques
Attitude
Orientations of the body
Curious dancer: Dance notation
Through the ranks
Tour de Force: Tutu much: ballet costumes
Bournonville and the Danish tradition
Ballet blanc: The Corps de Ballet's Triumph
Pas de Quatre (not Pas de Cinq)
Livry's shroud
Part 3: Ballet class
Before class
Warm up
Stretch
At the barre
Plie
Releve
Cambre
Battement tendu
Rond de Jambe par Terre
Fondu
Battement Frappe
Developpe
Grand Rond de Jambe
Petit Battement sur le Cou-de-Pied
Rond de Jambe en l'Air
Barre stretches
Grand battement
Center floor
Adagio/Adage
Allegro: petit and grand
Turns
Reverence
Musicality
All about pointe
Rise of the ballerina
How a pointe shoe works
How to select and fit pointe shoes
Pointe training and technique
Curious dancer: Pirouette tips from the pros
Anatomy of a pointe shoe
Foot types
Tour de Force: Pioneers of pointe: Taglioni and Legnani
Petipa and the Tsars' ballet
Pavlova
Modern dance
Nijinsky
Astonish Me, Diaghilev, Fokine, and the Ballets Russes
Part 4: Healthy dancer
Respect your body; dance forever
Eating well to dance well
Body esteem: dealing with the mirror
Eating disorders
Puberty and dancing
Anatomy illustrated
Injury prevention
Avoiding burnout
Ballet injury "hot spots"
Muscles-pulls and tears
Anatomical terms
Daily care for dancing feet
If you are injured
Cross training
Pilates
Yoga
Resistance training
Floor-Barre
Gyrotonic
Swimming
Curious Dancer: Ballet's folk dance tradition, ballet on Broadway
Mime
Tour de Force: Tale of two cities: The Kirov and the Bolshoi
Balanchine, Kirstein, and New York City Ballet
American Ballet Theatre
Ashton, de Valois, and the Royal Ballet
Dance boom of the '60s and '70s
Part 5: Ballet literacy
Must-see ballet
Curious dancer: Must-see ballet at a glance
Historical time line
Glossaries
Ballet terms
Music terms
Theater terms
Social dances
Dancer slang
Further reading
Resources
Videos
Organizations
Magazines and publications
Index


Nonfiction, 074326407X, Balet

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