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Basic Principles of Classical Ballet

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Master classical ballet.

This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning classical ballet or wanting to improve their technique. The author, Mme. Vaganova, is a renowned teacher and dancer who created a new school of dance by merging the best of French, Italian, and Russian ballet traditions. Her method is based on a personal approach to dance and emphasizes emotional expressiveness, strictness of form, and energetic performance. The book covers all basic principles of ballet, with clear diagrams and detailed explanations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780486220369
Authors: Agrippina Vaganova
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date of Publication: 1969-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art
Goodreads rating: 4.46
(rated by 325 readers)

Description

Although the stars of Russian ballet Anna Pavlova and Tamara Karsavina possessed a national manner of dancing, there was no truly Russian school of dancing until the 1930s. The development of this school was largely due to Mme. Vaganova (1879–1951), not only a great dancer but also the teacher of Galina Ulanova and many others and an unsurpassed theoretician.The principles of Vaganova's system are presented in this well-known book. Mme. Vaganova's aim of creating a personal approach to the Russian dance was based on the critical assimilation of the experience of her contemporaries. Her ability to choose the best of what had been accomplished in the various ballet traditions (French, Italian, and Russian) and combine these into a unified teaching practice in itself amounted to a new school of dance. She firmly believed that the teaching process should be a planned exercise, ever changing with innovations in the dance. She sought from her pupils emotional expressiveness, strictness of form, a resolute, energetic manner of performance, and the understanding of the underlying coordination of movements.Her book discusses all basic principles of ballet, grouping movements by fundamental types. Chapters cover battements, rotary movements of the legs, the arms, poses of the classical dance, connecting and auxiliary movements, jumps, beats, point work, and turns as well as material for a sample lesson. Diagrams show clearly the exact foot, leg, arm, and body positions for the proper execution of many steps and movements. The result is a fundamental theory of dance that offers dancers, teachers, and ballet lovers information often difficult to locate in other books.118 illustrations.
 

Master classical ballet.

This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning classical ballet or wanting to improve their technique. The author, Mme. Vaganova, is a renowned teacher and dancer who created a new school of dance by merging the best of French, Italian, and Russian ballet traditions. Her method is based on a personal approach to dance and emphasizes emotional expressiveness, strictness of form, and energetic performance. The book covers all basic principles of ballet, with clear diagrams and detailed explanations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.