Ballet For Dummies
(Sprache: Englisch)
Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome...
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Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome technique. Ballet For Dummies is for anyone who wants to enjoy all that the dance forms offers - as an onlooker who wants to get a leg up on the forms you re likely to see or as an exercise enthusiast who understands that the practice of ballet can help you gain More strength Greater flexibility Better body alignment Confidence in movement Comfort through stress reduction Infinite grace - for life From covering the basics of classical ballet to sharing safe and sensible ways to try your hand (and toes) at moving through the actual dance steps, this expert reference shows you how to Build your appreciation for ballet from the ground up. Choose the best practice space and equipment. Warm up to your leap into the movements. Locate musical options for each exercise. Look for certain lifts in a stage performance. Tell a story with gestures. Picture a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer. Identify best-loved classic and contemporary ballets. Speak the language of ballet. Today you can find a ballet company in almost every major city on earth. Many companies have their own ballet schools - some for training future professionals, and others for interested amateurs. As you fine-tune your classical ballet technique - or even if you just like to read about it - you ll become better equipped to fully appreciate the great choreography and many styles of the dance. Ballet For Dummies raises the curtain on a world of beauty, grace, poise, and possibility!
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IntroductionPart I: Ballet Dancing from the Top
Chapter 1: Curtain Up! Welcome to the Ballet
Chapter 2: Stocking the Tools of the Trade
Chapter 3: Getting Toasty: Warming Up Your Body
Chapter 4: Leaping into Ballet Basics
Chapter 5: Music, Maestro
Part II: Belly Up to the Barre
Chapter 6: Basic Barre-Tending
Chapter 7: Stepping It Up at the Barre
Chapter 8: Getting a Leg Up
Part III: Center Floor, Anyone
Chapter 9: Getting to Center Floor
Chapter 10: Ballet's Tasmanian Devil: The Pirouette
Chapter 11: Linking It Together: The Steps Between the Steps
Chapter 12: Ground Control to Ballet Dancer
Chapter 13: Getting More Air Time
Part IV: Living the Ballet Life
Chapter 14: Partners Aren't Just for Square Dancing
Chapter 15: Exploring Choreography
Chapter 16: What the Heck Are They Saying? The Art of Ballet Mime
Chapter 17: Watching Ballet in Action
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 18: The Ten Most Commonly Used Ballet Steps
Chapter 19: Ten Best-Loved Classical Ballets
Chapter 20: Ten Great "Contemporary" Ballets
Chapter 21: The Ten Best Ballet Terms for Cocktail Parties
Chapter 22: Ten Fascinating Facts about Professional Ballet Dancers
Glossary
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Scott Speck, Evelyn Cisneros
Scott Speck has conducted the San Francisco Ballet in hundreds of performances at San Francisco Opera House and Washington's Kennedy Center.Evelyn Cisneros is Ballet Education Coordinator for the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Scott Speck , Evelyn Cisneros
- 2003, 384 Seiten, Maße: 18,9 x 23,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0764525689
- ISBN-13: 9780764525681
Sprache:
Englisch
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