National Ballet Company of Canada / Souvenir 1952-53

Toronto, National Ballet Guild, 1953. 1st printing. Wraps. [pp. 30].4to,,In original pictorial stapled stiff paper covers. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Very light scuffing to covers. Contents unmarked. No loose pages. A very good copy.

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Book number: 9900043313

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Ballet;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Square Dance Jamboree CIVIC Auditorium April 24th, 1952 / Sponsored by the Winnipeg Junior Chamber of Commerce

Winnipeg, MB, 1952. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 16.8vo,,,With brief biographies of callers, a short article on square dancing by Hart M. Devenney, a list of square dancing clubs, and an article on 'Some Square Dance Terms and their meanings'. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Bound in original stapled illustrated card covers. A few corners turned and a touch of soiling, else in very good cond.

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Book number: 9900043932

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Dancing;Western dance;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Square Dance Jamboree CIVIC Auditorium April 18th, 1953 / Sponsored by the Winnipeg Junior Chamber of Commerce

Winnipeg, MB, 1953. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 10.8vo,,,With brief biographies of callers, and a list of square dancing clubs. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Bound in original stapled illustrated card covers. A few corners turned and a touch of soiling, else in very good cond.

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Book number: 9900043933

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Dancing;Western dance;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

[ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET]

Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Toronto, Proscenium, 1978. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. 4to. Colour advertisments and black and white photographs. Light rubbing to covers; very good+. .

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Book number: 056906

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Local History; Canadian History; Manitoba History; Canadiana;

BLASIS, CARLO

An Elementary Treatise Upon the Theory and Practice of the Art of Dancing

New York City, Kamin Dance Gallery, 1944. Wraps. pp. 59, plates,8vo,Card covers somewhat soiled, creased and scuffed; else g/gd+. Ill.: Line drawings, frontispiece. Translated by Mary Stewart Evans (with a biographical sketch and a foreward).

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Book number: 9900024677

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Dance theory;Ballet;;;;;;; Line drawings, frontispiece

CHUJOY, ANATOLE

The Symphonic Ballet

New York City, Kamin Publishers, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 47.Slim 8vo,,Bds. sl. bumped, scuffed & soiled; else vg condition (no dj). Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Small, neatly-printed name, and date stamp, on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 9900033083

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Dance;Dancers;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

CRABB, MICHAEL

Instinct for Success Arnold Spohr and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Toronto, Dance Collection Danse Press, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, ink inscription to title page otherwise contens bright and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. SIGNED by author to title page.

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Book number: 026314

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Dance Music; Biography; Hisory; Canadian History; Manitoba History;

DAFOE, CHRISTOPHER

Dancing Through Time the First Fifty Years of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Winnipeg, MB, Portage & Main Press, 1990. pp. x, 156.Small 4to,,Card covers show slight wear, else in vg/nf condition. Ill.: color, b&w photos. This is the first soft cover edition. ISBN 0969426402.

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Book number: 9900042899

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Ballet;Winnipeg;Dance;;;;;; color, b&w photos

EWING, WILLIAM

Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1992. Paperback. Square 4to. Light shelfwear, price clipped. Overall, very good. Photographer - Lois Greenfield.

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Book number: 043114

Catalogue: Dance

FRASER, JOHN

Private View Inside Baryshnikov's American Ballet Theatre

Toronto, Bantam, 1988. Hardcover. Square 4to. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Black and white photographs. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket (protected in brodart sleeve). Photographs by Eve Arnold.

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Book number: 055797

Catalogue: Dance

HASKELL, ARNOLD L., ED.

The Ballet Annual First Issue

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1947. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. pp. 163.Small 4to,,Minor edgewear, else vg in price-clipped, torn, chipped, gd dj. Ill.: Colour, b&w photos & illusts. A survey of ballet, including trends and achievements, facts and history, national and international reviews and more.

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Book number: 9900017725

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Ballet;Ballet Annual;Dance;;;;;; Colour, b&w photos & illusts

JURRIENS, HENNY (DIR.)

Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, N.D. (Circa 1985). Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. 4to. Stapled wraps. Black and white and color photographic reproductions. No detectable flaws; near fine. .

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Book number: 049868

Catalogue: Dance

NIJINSKY, ROMOLA

The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 205.8vo,,Bound in publisher's original green cloth. No dust jacket,Apparently an ex-library copy, with lending library label on inside rear board. Black mark across bottom edge, front hinge cracked, cloth scuffed & lightly soiled. A few marginal smudges to text. A fair copy. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. The life of the greatest Russian male dancer, by his wife (who was also the author of a 1933 biography of her husband).

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Book number: 9900040630

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Ballet;Dance;Arts;Performing Arts;Diaghilev;;;; black-and-white photographs

[PROGRAMS]

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada [Together with Program] / Fifteenth Season / Playhouse Theatre / September 29-30, 1953

Winnipeg, MB, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1953. 1st printing. Wraps.4to and 8vo,,,The first item is a larger-format history of the RWB, along with biographies and photos of the founders and principal dancers (incuding Arnold Spohr and Eva von Gencsy). The history portion is written by long-time Winnipeg Free Press critic and columnist Frank Morriss, and S. Roy Maley, music editor of The Winnipeg Tribune. The program announces the world premiere of Arnold Spohr's new ballet 'Children of Men'. Scarce items. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Both items show light shelf wear; otherwise both are in very good condition. Sold as a lot of two.

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Book number: 9900042605

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Winnipeg;RWB;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

DUGGAN, ANNE SCHLEY AND JEANETTE SCHLOTTMANN, ABBIE RUTLEGE

The Teaching of Folk Dance

New York, Ronald Press Co, 1948. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. pp. 116.Small 4to.Some shelf wear, ink sign. on ffep, about g+ in sl worn, g+ dj. Ill.: Map endpapers, b&w drawings. An explanation of the origin of folk and national dances giving teaching methods and details for folk festival productions.

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Book number: 9900019459

Catalogue: Dance

Keywords: Arts;Folk art;Culture;;;;;; Map endpapers, b&w drawings