BURT, RAMSAY.

The Male Dancer. Bodies, Spectacle, Sexualities.

London: Routledge,1995. 041508900X. 1st ed. "In this challenging and lively book, Ramsay Burt examines the representation of masculinity in twentieth-century dance. Taking issue with formalist and modernist accounts of dance, which dismiss gender and sexuality as irrelevant, he argues that prejudices against male dancers are rooted in our ideas about the male body and male behaviour." Pp.10/224, 11 b/w plates, owners name to fep. Pbk, minor crease to spine. VG.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Ramsay Burt Male Dancer Bodies Spectacle Sexualities Masculinity Dancing Ballet Nijinsky Graham Bausch Gender 28385 Theatre: : Dance

FOSTER, SUSAN LEIGH. (EDITOR).

Corporealities. Dancing, Knowledge, Culture and Power.

London: Rutledge, 1996. 0415121396. 1st ed. "This forward-looking collection of essays breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between moving bodies and cultural meanings." (Joseph Roach. Tulane University). Pp.18263, 11 figure illustrations, owners details to fep. Pbk. VG.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Foster Corporealities Dancing Knowledge Culture Power Essays Ballet Movement Franko Hammergren Chalfa Ruyter Phelan Gilpin Ness Tomko Martin Savigliano 28418 Theatre: : Dance

LVOV-ANOKHIN, B.

Galina Ulanova.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1956. Portrait of the Soviet Ballet's ballerina Galina Ulanova. 22cms x 16.6cms. Pp.112, many beautiful sepia photo illustrations, errata slip tipped-in to end. Cream card covers discoloured, with small tear to base of spine. G+.

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Katalog: Dance: : Ballet

Sonstige Stichworte: Lvov Anokhin Galina Ulanova Soviet Ballet Ballerina Moscow Russian Dance Biography Illustrated Giselle Swan Lake Coralie Juliet Cinderella Parashatao Hua Katerina 49125 Dance: : Ballet

MOORE, ALEX.

Ballroom Dancing.

London: A & C Black, 1987. 8th ed. With 100 diagrams and photographs of the Quickstep, Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, etc. Pp. 11/324, portrait frontis. Laminated boards with creasing to front laminated board. G+.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Moore Ballroom Dancing Diagrams Photographs A15146 Theatre: : Dance

SIEGEL, MARCIA B.

The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976 - 1982.

London: Duke, 1991. 0822311666. 1st ed. "In Tail of the Dragon, Marcia B. Siegel and Nathaniel Tileston track the evolution of new dance in New York during the rich and crucial transitional period from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s." Pp.204, 38 b/w photographs by Nathaniel Tileston. Pbk. VG.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Dragon Dance New York Siegel Tileston 28357 Theatre: : Dance

STOKES, ADRIAN (1902-1972) .

Russian Ballets. By Adrian Stokes.

London: Faber And Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, 1942 . 0. Second Edition with dustwrapper. Signed by the Author, plus hand-written letter from Adrian Stokes. pp.213/[1p.] +16 plates. Original blue cloth binding. Gilt titles to spine. Edges rubbed and soiled. Corners bumped. Dustwrapper now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Black & white image of ballet dancers and red titles. Edges very rubbed, with loss to corners and top of spine. Dedication to front endpaper: " For Edith Freeman from her admiring friend Adrian Stokes". loosely inserted letter on headed paper: "Hurtwood House, Albury, Guildford."; dated "Dec 29th 1954". Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG/G. * N.B.: "Edith" is thought to refer to 'Edith Freeman'. EDITH FREEMAN (1920-2010). Lived in Ballingdon Street, Sudbury, Suffolk. A prolific writer of Sudbury history, including; Sudbury Evolves, The Heart of Sudbury, A View of Victorian Sudbury, The Little Book of Ballingdon, Sudbury’s Story, Call Back Yesterday, Sudbury’s Story (1000yrs in the History of a Small English Town) & Gainsborough’s Sudbury. *** "Adrian Durham Stokes (27 October 1902 – 15 December 1972) was a British art critic with a speciality in early Renaissance sculpture and the aesthetics of stone-carving. He helped to turn the traditional Cornish fishing-port of St. Ives into an internationally acclaimed centre of modern art." - See Wikipedia.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 46512 Faber and Faber Limited the Quattro Cento Italian Renaissance Florence Verona Adrian Stokes Dance

STOKES, ADRIAN (1902-1972) .

To-Night The Ballet By Adrian Stokes.

London: Faber And Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, 1938 . 0. Third printing with dustwrapper. Signed by the Author. pp.133/[1p.]. Original grey cloth binding. Red titles to spine. Edges rubbed and soiled. Corners bumped. Dustwrapper now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Black & white design with white circle. Edges rubbed, with small loss to edges. Dedication to front endpaper: " To Edith for her birthday 1943 with many happy returns from Adrian". Clean text throughout. VG/G+. * N.B.: "Edith" is thought to refer to 'Edith Freeman'. EDITH FREEMAN (1920-2010). Lived in Ballingdon Street, Sudbury, Suffolk. A prolific writer of Sudbury history, including; Sudbury Evolves, The Heart of Sudbury, A View of Victorian Sudbury, The Little Book of Ballingdon, Sudbury’s Story, Call Back Yesterday, Sudbury’s Story (1000yrs in the History of a Small English Town) & Gainsborough’s Sudbury. *** "Adrian Durham Stokes (27 October 1902 – 15 December 1972) was a British art critic with a speciality in early Renaissance sculpture and the aesthetics of stone-carving. He helped to turn the traditional Cornish fishing-port of St. Ives into an internationally acclaimed centre of modern art." - See Wikipedia.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 46514 Faber and Faber Limited the Quattro Cento Italian Renaissance Florence Verona Adrian Stokes Dance

STREATFEILD, NOEL.

The Royal Ballet School.

London: Collins, 1959. 1st edition. Noel Streatfeild (author of many children's books including "Ballet Shoes") "introduces the story of the Royal Ballet School with a survey of famous ballet schools in France, Italy and Russia, describing the development of training for the ballet from its earliest origins ..She goes on to describe the modest beginnings of the Sadler's Wells School and how it developed.." Pp.160, with many black & white photographs of the School specially taken by Gabor Denes, slight toning to endpapers and occasional minor marginal spots. Blue cloth, dustwrapper (not price-clipped) a little rubbed with edge wear. VG/G+.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Noel Streatfeild Streatfield Royal Ballet School History Dancing France Italy Russia Diaglev Camargo Child Dancer Sadler's Wells Colet Gardens White Lodge Girls Boys 49533 Dance

UMNON, YEVGENY (PHOTOGRAPHS).

Moiseyev's Dance Company.

Moscow: Progress, 1966. "This book will help you to recapture the delight of watching a Moiseyev show. The dancers and dances are described in a few pages of text and 173 photographs.." 23cms x 23cms. Pp.36 + unpaginated b/w and colour illustrations. Softback with printed glassine jacket that has tear to rear. VG.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Umnon Moiseyevs Dance Company Photographs Theatre A16741 Theatre: : Dance