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A grand book - readable as any authoritative history of the subject could be, and indispensable to anyone interested in the dance.... A comprehensive history of the dance, ballet and pantomime, and a discussion of the teachers and dancers identified with its history. Goes back to the 6th century, and comes down to date. Valuable source book for those needing material on classic interpretations. The most interesting section is that dealing with...

A 75th-anniversary facsimile edition of one of the most significant photobooks ever publishedMore than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influenced not only modern photography but also literature, film and visual arts in other mediums. The original edition of American Photographs was a carefully prepared letterpress production, published by The Mus...

Lincoln Kirstein's writing is a notable example of a wide historical awareness that was fired by passion and guided by taste. Best known for his pioneering efforts to cultivate ballet in the United States, he actively pursued a professional partnership with legendary choreographer George Balanchine, with whom he founded both the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet. This collection, in paperback for the first time, showcases ...

For soundness, for clarity, for succinctness, this manual of basic ballet is the best there is anywhere."-Edwin Denby, "The Nation" With a precision unparalleled in any other book of its kind, "The Classic Ballet" presents a lucid text, and nearly six hundred drawings describe and illustrate in minute detail the proper body position, balance point, movement, and attitude of each position and step in the basic classical repertory. As George Bal...