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"e;Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who can honestly claim …

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series. On 29 May 1913, at …

This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie, sexual politics, intimacies, pressures and, not least of …

... Que veux-tu ? le Mardi gras n'arrive pas tous les jours, et c'est pour vous faire passer votre soir e un peu plus ga ment, que je vous ai racont aujourd'hui deux combats …

Provides in-depth discussions of twenty of George Balanchine's ballets. As in the critically acclaimed Balanchine Variations, Goldner’s focus is not on history or biography but on …

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a pianist and composer of unparalleled brilliance, whose intricate compositions and extraordinary skill at the keyboard earned him the admiration of …

In this memoir of a roller-coaster career on the New York stage, former actor and dancer Bettijane Sills offers a highly personal look at the art and practice of George Balanchine, …

Das 20. Jahrhundert war eine Ära beispielloser musikalischer Erneuerung – eine Zeit, in der die Klänge die Grenzen der Tradition sprengten und neue Wege der Komposition, des Hörens …

Elements of Performance is based on Pauline Koner's course of the same name taught at the Juilliard School in New York. It discusses her theories of the primary and secondary …

The Legat Legacy brings back into print two classic works that offer rare insights into the golden age of Russian ballet. The first, Ballet Russe: Memoirs of Nicolas Legat, takes …