Ballet: The Essential Guide to Technique and Creative Practice - Softcover

Jackson, Jennifer

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9781785008306: Ballet: The Essential Guide to Technique and Creative Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1785008307 ISBN 13: 9781785008306
Publisher: The Crowood Press, 2021

Synopsis

Ballet is a detailed guide to creative practice and performance. Compiled by ten leading practitioners, each chapter focuses on an aspect of ballet as a performing art. Together they outline a journey from the underpinning principles of ballet, through an appreciation of different styles and schooling, into the dance studio for practice in class and beyond. With additional insights from highly acclaimed dancers, choreographers and teachers, this practical guide offers advice on fundamental and advanced training and creative development. As well as providing information from dance science research into training well-being, this book supports the individual dancer in their artistic growth, offering strategies for exploration and discovery. Topics include: principles, styles and schooling of classical ballet; fundamental technique and advanced expression; developing versatility and creative thinking; advice on injury management, nutrition and lifestyle; choreography and music and, finally, best practice in the rehearsal studio is covered. 'A wonderfully accessible and comprehensive resource about the individual disciplines involved in ballet.’ Leanne Benjamin OBE, former Principal of The Royal Ballet and international coach

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About the Author

Jennifer Jackson is the Artistic Director of Images Ballet Company at London Studio Centre. A former soloist with The Royal Ballet, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey and choreography tutor at The Royal Ballet School, Jennifer has danced a range of principal roles in classical and new ballets, and her commissioned choreography includes works for ballet companies, vocational schools and educational projects. She is also published in academic books and professional dance journals.

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Publisher
The Crowood Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1785008307
ISBN 13 
9781785008306
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Rating
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