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| BOWLT, JOHN ET AL Theater of Reason/Theater of Desire - the Art of Alexandre Benois and Leon Bakst Milan, Italy, Skira. 1998. (ISBN: 888118401X) Wrappers-, 28 x 21 cms. 160 pages - in English - 70 color illustrations and around 20 b/w illustrations and figs. - published to coincide with the 1998 showing at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation in Lugano, Switzerland, of ballet costumes and stage sets designed by two pioneering Russians, Léon Bakst (1866-1924) and Alexandre Benois (1870-1960) - essays by 4 specialists - list of works, documents and selected writings. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 | £UK 35.75 | JP¥ 5248] Book number: 007863 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CORVAISER, BERNARD Vis a Vis International N° 7 Paris, France, Ala Productions. 1990. Soft Cover, 31 x 23,5 Cm. 94 pages - in French - This number #7 of Vis a Vis magazine is mostly dedidated to dance and music and contains the works of 21 photographers among them : Patrice Bouvier - texts by 4 authors of whom Pierre Bourgeade - some drawings. New -. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 | £UK 24 | JP¥ 3499] Book number: 004140 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DI CRISTINA, UMBERTO & SAVINO, ALBERTO Isadora Duncan Milano, Italy, Franco Maria Ricci (FMR). 1979, Limited/Numbered N° Over 3000. Clothbound in a Slipcase, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 183 pages - a biography of Isadora Duncan by Alberto Savinio, largely illustrated with full-page color vignettes of Art Deco cryselephantine sculptures by Chiparus, Colinet, Preiss,etc. commented by Umberto di Cristina - printed on hand-made paper - a beautiful book for collectors and lovers of art-deco sculptures and dance. New -. CHF 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 145.5 US$ 218.02 | £UK 131.25 | JP¥ 19242] Book number: 000135 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FIETTE, ALEXANDRE ET AL Roland Petit a l'Opera De Paris - Un Patrimoine Pour La Danse Paris,2007, Somogy. 2007. (ISBN: 9782757201336) Wrappers-, 30 x 23.5 Cms. 148 pages - in French - over 400 duotone, color and b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 2008 showing at the Palais Garnier in Paris of stills, costumes, preliminary sketches, paintings and other items created for the Paris Opera by French dancer and choreographer Roland Petit (b.1924) - essays by Zizi Jeanmaire, Valentine Petit, Gérard Mannoni, Inès Piovesan, Alexandre Fiette, Pierre Vidal and Martine Kahane - stage costumes, index of ballets and bibliography. New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 | £UK 41.75 | JP¥ 6122] Book number: 008243 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FREEDBERG, DAVID ET AL Philip Trager - Dancers Boston, USA, Bullfinch. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0821218948) Cloth-, 39 x 31 cms. 160 pages - in English - 81 duotone plates, incl. several double-page panoramas - portraits of over 40 great dancers in action by American photographer Philip Trager (b.1935) - foreword by Bill T. Jones - Dance in Nature, essay by Joan Acocella - The Movements of the Soul, essay by David Freedberg - plates - afterword by Mark Morris and list of choreographers. As New/No Jacket. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 148.65 | £UK 89.5 | JP¥ 13120] Book number: 007574 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FRIEDMAN, LISE Alvin Ailey - Dance Moves ! New York, USA, Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 2003. (ISBN: 158479285X) Wrappers, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 207 pages - in English - Photographs by Chris Callis - an excellent book describing a new way to exercise elegantly by following the eclectic approach of Alvin Ailey's American Dance Centre founded in 1970 in Manhattan - 52 exercises, easy to start and appropriate for all fitness levels are illustrated by pictures of the dancers of the company - A must for dance lovers and fitness enthusiasts. New -. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4198] Book number: 003535 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| JARMAN / HAUGHTON/WILMS Lindsay Kemp and Company Berlin, Germany, Alexander Verlag. 1987. (ISBN: 3923854315) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 107 pages - in French, German and English - over a hundred photographs by Anno Wilms of the various performances of the British artist Lindsay Kemp, his dances, his dressing-up and experimental creations with an introduction by David Haughton - Index. New -/As New -. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4198] Book number: 001605 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| MCEWEN, JOHN Paula Rego - Dancing Ostriches London, United Kingdom, Saatchi Collection. 1996. (ISBN: 0952745321) Soft Cover, 29,5 x 24,5 Cms. 44 pages - 7 full-page color reproductions of Paula Rego's famous paintings, inspired by Walt Disney's film "Fantasia" on grotesque mature ballerinas in black tutu, longing to be young and desirable - Black/white photographs of the artist - biography - list of exhibitions. New -. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 | £UK 24 | JP¥ 3499] Book number: 005656 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| MURLAND, CHARLES David Hamilton - La Danse Paris, France, Robert Laffont. 1972. Cloth-, 30 x 22 Cms. 104 pages - in French - around 80 color and duotone illustrations - intimate backstage glimpses into the world of young European and New Yorker ballet dancers by noted English soft erotica photographer David Hamilton (b.1933) - Portraits of Young Dancing Girls, essay by Charles Murland. Fine-/fine-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 | £UK 35.75 | JP¥ 5248] Book number: 006683 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| NASLUND, ERIK Rolf De Mare - Fondateur Des Ballets Suedois, Collectionneur d'Art, Createur De Musee Arles, France, Actes Sud. 2008. (ISBN: 9782742778539) , 26.5 x 22 Cms. gilt-embossed clothbound with a color pastedown on the front cover - 616 pages - in French - over 1,000 color and duotone illustrations - a handsome work on the life and art of Rolf de Maré, founder of the Swedish Ballets - also: epilogue, kaleidoscope, important dates in Marés life, chronology of peformances by the Swedish Ballets - this book weighs 4 kilograms. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 | £UK 65.75 | JP¥ 9621] Book number: 009254 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| NÉAGU ET ALII Afternoon of a Faun - Mallarmé, Debussy, Nijinsky New York, N.Y. USA, Vendome Press. 1989. (ISBN: 0865651418) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 142 pages - texts in English -" Afternoon of a Faun" is a ballet presented by Serge Diaghilev in 1912 in Paris - Music by Claude Debussy - Poem by Mallarmé - Performance by Nijinsky - this ballet has been an unprecedent artistic event which inspired many artists - this book is based on a major exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris - color reproductions of works by Maillol, Rodin, Redon, Kokoschka, Bonnard and others - texts by Nijinsky, Redon, Rodin, Kokoschka and others - b/w photographs of Nijinsky by Baron de Meyer printed on thick paper - color reproductions of the original costumes drawings by Léon Bakst and other documents - bibliography - chronology of performances by the Ballets Russes of Serge de Diaghilev by J.M.Nectoux. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.32 | £UK 45.5 | JP¥ 6647] Book number: 000509 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| PASTORI, JEAN-PIERRE A Corps Perdu - La Danse Nue Au XXe Siècle Lausanne, Switzerland, Pierre-Marcel Favre. 1983. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages - in French - over 100 duotone illustrations - a book on 20th Century nude dancing and the primeval urges expressed by dancers and troupes such as Ted Shawn, Hans Van Manen, Béjart, Neumeier, Flindt and others - index. New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 | £UK 34 | JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003262 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| PFOLITS, CHRIS Hula Dancers and Tiki Gods Atglen, PA, USA, Schiffer. 2001. (ISBN: 0764312472) pictorial hardcover-, 29 x 22.5 cms. 208 pages - in English - over 500 color ilustrations - an exhilarating romp through Hawaiian 1940s to 1960s popular culture, featuring posters, artifacts, photos and more of sexy hula-dancing women, from Hawaiian girls to Hollywood stars - Tiki gods, bibliography and price guide. new-/new-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 | £UK 59.75 | JP¥ 8746] Book number: 007692 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| VILA, THIERRY Paroles De Corps Paris, France, Editions Du Chene. 1998. (ISBN: 2842771141) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 200 pages - in French - over 200 duotone illustrations - photographs of great 20th Century dancers and dance troupes, from Isadora Duncan to Pina Bausch, by dozens of photographers, incl. Imogen Cunningham and Henri Cartier-Bresson - French author and dance buff Thierry Vila describes classical dance, the temptations of Modernity, modern body/modern language, the Cunningham upheaval, the post-Modernist split, post-war German dance, the 1950 onwards French renewal, contemporary dance, and, the necessary rapprochement between neo-Classical and contemporary dance - conclusion - quotation sources, bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25 US$ 52.52 | £UK 31.75 | JP¥ 4636] Book number: 003556 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| VOLLHARDT/STOLZENBERG Flamenco - Kunst Zwischen Gestern Und Morgen Ravensburg, Germany, Weingarten. 1988. (ISBN: 3817040016) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 159 pages - in German - over 110 black and white photographs - Anja Vollhardt and her photographer compile in this volume some beautiful pictures of famous Flamenco dancers, guitar players or singers - Glossary, short biography of the authors, bibliography. New -/As New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 71.35 | £UK 43 | JP¥ 6297] Book number: 001604 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| WALDMAN, MAX Waldman on Theatre New York, N.Y. USA, Anchor Books. 1972. (ISBN: 0385088361) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Waldman, Max. 185 pages - introductionby Clive Barnes- Preface by Peter Bunnell - painting-like photographs of the universe of theatre - an exceptional use of black and white photography related to actors and theater groups like Royal Shakespeare Cy, Living Theater, The Performance Group and others. Good. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4198] Book number: 000123 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| WHITE, KENNETH/MICHEL, MARCELLE Carolyn Carlson Grenoble, France, Guido Siepe. 1988. hardcover-, 32 x 22 Cms. 192 pages - in French - around 180 duotone illustrations, mostly plates - photographs of American dancer Carolyn Carlson (b.1943) and members of various Parisian troupes by French photographer Guy Delahaye (b.1943) - featuring sketches by Carlson and a preface and poems by Scottish poet Kenneth White (b.1936) - bio. and notes by Marcelle Michel - creations by Carlson. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 | £UK 41.75 | JP¥ 6122] Book number: 007575 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. |
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