"Mr. Serebrennikov's book is widely famous throughout the world. Students, teachers, and dancers in all fields of dance will find this important work useful."-- Svetlana Osiyeva, ballet faculty, Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, and former principal dancer and soloist with the Kirov Ballet
Pas de Deux has been widely regarded as the foremost existing textbook on the art of partnering. First published in 1969 in Russian by one of the world's most respected experts on partnering, the original book was created for the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, the school...
"Mr. Serebrennikov's book is widely famous throughout the world. Students, teachers, and dancers in all fields of dance will find this important wo...
"A much-needed update to Horosko's earlier book on Graham, offering an insightful look into the world of Martha Graham from those who worked very closely with her throughout the years."--Elizabeth Bergmann, dance director, Harvard University
Marian Horosko brings together new and previously published interviews of Martha Graham's "family" of dancers, teachers, choreographers, and actors and interweaves them with provocative biographical material about the life and influence of the creator of classic modern dance.
Spanning the past seventy-five years, the interviews testify to...
"A much-needed update to Horosko's earlier book on Graham, offering an insightful look into the world of Martha Graham from those who worked very c...
The story of how modern dance developed in America as told by one of its premier performers, teachers, and choreographers. May O Donnell (1906-2004) was one of the Martha Graham Contemporary Dance Company s most successful soloists during its pioneer days. Because of her strong presence and equally strong technique, Graham entrusted O Donnell to create her own roles in such notable Graham works as Appalachian Spring and Heriodiade. As a choreographer, O Donnell was the first American to create dances of musical abstraction (before such a word was used in the world of dance),...
The story of how modern dance developed in America as told by one of its premier performers, teachers, and choreographers. May O Donnell (1906-2004) w...