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Author Walczak, Barbara.

Title Balanchine the teacher : fundamentals that shaped the first generation of New York City Ballet dancers / Barbara Walczak and Una Kai.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV1785.B32 W35 2008    Available  ---
Description 302 pages : music ; 24 cm
Contents Suggestions to teachers -- Teachers -- Dancing in the early 1950s -- Components of a Balanchine class -- Introduction to the music -- Terminology -- How center exercises are done -- Corrections that recur -- Classes from the 1950s -- Classes from the 1960s -- Classes from the 1970s -- Music suggested for Balanchine classes -- In the beginning -- Balanchine's way -- Basic principles of Balanchine's method -- The barre -- Exercises with a straight leg sliding away from supporting leg -- Exercises bending the knee and lifting the foot from the floor -- Rotary movements -- Poses -- Port de bras -- Jumping -- Pointe work -- Turning -- Balanchine pointe class -- Balanchine company class, October 1975.
Subject Balanchine, George.
Balanchine, George.
Ballet dancing.
Ballet dancing.
New York City Ballet.
New York City Ballet.
Added Author Kai, Una.
ISBN 9780813032528 alkaline paper
0813032520 alkaline paper