Balanchine the teacher
Subtitle: fundamentals that shaped the first generation of New York City Ballet dancers
By: Barbara Walczak and Una Kai
Contributors: Kai, Una
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Ballet dancing; New York City Ballet
Notes: Advance review copy.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.; title: Barbara Walczak -- -- 1.1.; title: Suggestions to Teachers -- -- 1.2.; title: Teachers -- -- 1.3.; title: Dancing in the Early 1950s -- -- 1.4.; title: Components of a Balanchine Class -- -- 1.5.; title: Introduction to the Music -- -- 1.6.; title: Terminology -- -- 1.7.; title: How Center Exercises Are Done -- -- 1.8.; title: Corrections That Recur -- -- 1.9.; title: Classes from the 1950s -- -- 1.10.; title: Classes from the 1960s -- -- 1.11.; title: Classes from the 1970s -- -- 1.12.; title: Music Suggested for Balanchine Classes -- -- Pt. 2.; title: Una Kai -- -- 2.1.; title: In the Beginning -- -- 2.2.; title: Balanchine's Way -- -- 2.3.; title: Basic Principles of Balanchines Method -- -- 2.4.; title: The Barre -- -- 2.5.; title: Exercises with Straight Leg Sliding Away from Supporting Leg -- -- 2.6.; title: Exercises Bending the Knee and Lifting the Foot from the Floor -- -- 2.7.; title: Rotary Movements -- -- 2.8.; title: Poses -- -- 2.9.; title: Port de Bras -- -- 2.10.; title: Jumping -- -- 2.11.; title: Pointe Work -- -- 2.12.; title: Turning -- -- 2.13.; title: Balanchine Pointe Class, 1960 -- -- 2.14.; title: Balanchine Company Class, October 1975.