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På skrå brædder og bonede gulve

Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter. Erindringer

by Trine Munk-Petersen ...

Narrated by Trine Munk-Petersen, Vibeke Hastrup ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre, ... Read more

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Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre,
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Diaghilev's Empire

How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World

by Rupert Christiansen ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav
... Read more
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Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide, The

Mind Games Behind the Barre

by Julie Sulter ...

Narrated by Julie Sulter ...

Unabridged

39 min

Behind every graceful pirouette is a ballet teacher silently questioning their life choices—and probably wishing for a timeout from reality. The Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide is your backstage pass to mastering the mental chaos lurking beneath the tulle and toe shoes.This isn’t your typical feel-good teaching manual. It’s packed with sharp, practical NLP techniques wrapped in ballet jargon ... Read more

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Behind every graceful pirouette is a ballet teacher silently questioning their life choices—and probably wishing for a timeout from reality. The Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide is your backstage pass to mastering the mental chaos lurking beneath the tulle and toe shoes.This isn’t your typical feel-good teaching manual. It’s packed with sharp, practical NLP techniques wrapped in ballet jargon
... Read more
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Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History

by Sophia Elizabeth Davis ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Anya G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History is more than just a biography; it's a captivating journey into the life and artistry of one of ballet's greatest icons. Explore the fascinating world of Anna Pavlova, a dancer who redefined the art form and captivated audiences worldwide. This meticulously researched book delves into Anna's formative ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History is more than just a biography; it's a captivating journey into the life and artistry of one of ballet's greatest icons. Explore the fascinating world of Anna Pavlova, a dancer who redefined the art form and captivated audiences worldwide. This meticulously researched book delves into Anna's formative
... Read more
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Life in Motion

An Unlikely Ballerina

by Misty Copeland ...

Narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?"As the only African-American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina.When she discovered ... Read more

$17.99 USD

"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?"As the only African-American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina.When she discovered
... Read more
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Celestial Bodies

How to Look at Ballet

by Laura Jacobs ...

Narrated by Tiffany Morgan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 32 min

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a lively, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a lively,
... Read more
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David Hallberg - Extended Interview

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

23 min

Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin badly burned and nearly blind last January. ... Read more

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Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin badly burned and nearly blind last January.
... Read more
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Raising the Barre

Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker

by Lauren Kessler ...

Narrated by Hollis McCarthy ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good ... Read more

$16.99 USD

When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good
... Read more
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Anna Pavlova

by Vera Krasovskaya ...

Narrated by Cheri Gardner ...

Unabridged

5 hours 20 min

Episodes from life and work of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova. ... Read more

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Episodes from life and work of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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Kleider machen Leute

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Gottfried Keller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

24 min

Gottfried Kellers Novelle »Kleider machen Leute« erzählt von Schein und Sein, gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen und der Macht des äußeren Anscheins. Diese Hörbuchfassung bringt die bekannte Geschichte kompakt, verständlich und lebendig in einer Laufzeit von 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt steht der mittellose Schneider Wenzel Strapinski, der aufgrund seiner eleganten Kleidung für einen ... Read more

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Gottfried Kellers Novelle »Kleider machen Leute« erzählt von Schein und Sein, gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen und der Macht des äußeren Anscheins. Diese Hörbuchfassung bringt die bekannte Geschichte kompakt, verständlich und lebendig in einer Laufzeit von 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt steht der mittellose Schneider Wenzel Strapinski, der aufgrund seiner eleganten Kleidung für einen
... Read more
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Turning Pointe

How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself

by Chloe Angyal ...

Narrated by Casey Holloway ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the
... Read more
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Being a Ballerina

The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life

by Gavin Larsen ...

Narrated by Lexi Mae ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist
... Read more
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Schachnovelle

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Stefan Zweig, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

26 min

Stefan Zweigs »Schachnovelle« ist eine eindringliche Erzählung über Isolation, geistigen Widerstand und die zerstörerische Kraft des Denkens. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Handlung konzentriert, klar und spannungsvoll in nur 25 Minuten nach. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Begegnung zwischen dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Czentovic und einem geheimnisvollen Mitreisenden auf einem Ozeandampfer. ... Read more

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Stefan Zweigs »Schachnovelle« ist eine eindringliche Erzählung über Isolation, geistigen Widerstand und die zerstörerische Kraft des Denkens. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Handlung konzentriert, klar und spannungsvoll in nur 25 Minuten nach. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Begegnung zwischen dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Czentovic und einem geheimnisvollen Mitreisenden auf einem Ozeandampfer.
... Read more
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The Ballerina Mindset

How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence

by Megan Fairchild ...

Narrated by Megan Fairchild ...

Unabridged

3 hours

Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not
... Read more
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Die Räuber

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

27 min

Friedrich Schillers Drama »Die Räuber« gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken der deutschen Literatur – leidenschaftlich, radikal und voller innerer Konflikte. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Geschichte straff, verständlich und spannend neu und bringt den Kern des Dramas in nur 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die unversöhnlichen Brüder Karl und Franz Moor: Idealismus und Machtgier, ... Read more

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Friedrich Schillers Drama »Die Räuber« gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken der deutschen Literatur – leidenschaftlich, radikal und voller innerer Konflikte. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Geschichte straff, verständlich und spannend neu und bringt den Kern des Dramas in nur 25 Minuten auf den Punkt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die unversöhnlichen Brüder Karl und Franz Moor: Idealismus und Machtgier,
... Read more
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The Boy From Kyiv

Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet

by Marina Harss ...

Narrated by Whitney Dykhouse ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

The Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time.Before Ratmansky was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, the resident choreographer at American Ballet Theatre, the artist in residence at New York City Ballet, and generally, as The New Yorker has it, "the most sought-after man in ballet," he was just a boy from Kyiv, sneaking ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time.Before Ratmansky was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, the resident choreographer at American Ballet Theatre, the artist in residence at New York City Ballet, and generally, as The New Yorker has it, "the most sought-after man in ballet," he was just a boy from Kyiv, sneaking
... Read more
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Der goldene Topf

Spannend nacherzählt in 20 Minuten

by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Unabridged

18 min

Ein Klassiker der Schwarzen Romantik – packend, modern und in nur 20 Minuten erzählt! Diese Hörbuchfassung führt in konzentrierter, atmosphärischer Form mitten hinein in die magische Welt des Studenten Anselmus, der zwischen Alltag und Zauberreich hin- und hergerissen wird. Wir begleiten ihn von der schicksalhaften Begegnung mit der geheimnisvollen Schlange Serpentina über die unheimlichen ... Read more

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Ein Klassiker der Schwarzen Romantik – packend, modern und in nur 20 Minuten erzählt! Diese Hörbuchfassung führt in konzentrierter, atmosphärischer Form mitten hinein in die magische Welt des Studenten Anselmus, der zwischen Alltag und Zauberreich hin- und hergerissen wird. Wir begleiten ihn von der schicksalhaften Begegnung mit der geheimnisvollen Schlange Serpentina über die unheimlichen
... Read more
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The Swans of Harlem

Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

by Karen Valby ...

Narrated by Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Marcia Lynn Sells, January LaVoy, Khadija Tariyan McKinney G. ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our
... Read more
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Cómo aprender a bailar

by Equipo de Expertos 2100 ...

Narrated by Male synthesized voice ...

Unabridged

2 hours 39 min

Aprenda y domine los diferentes bailes europeos (vals, mazurca, polca, pasodoble, etc.), latinoamericanos (tango, samba, merengue, etc.) y norteamericanos (fox trot, twist, rock’n’roll, etc), mediante un fácil y cómodo método que le permitirá aprender sin maestro. El objetivo esencial de este libro es enseñarle los pasos fundamentales de los estilos de baile más conocidos y practicados, para que ... Read more

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Aprenda y domine los diferentes bailes europeos (vals, mazurca, polca, pasodoble, etc.), latinoamericanos (tango, samba, merengue, etc.) y norteamericanos (fox trot, twist, rock’n’roll, etc), mediante un fácil y cómodo método que le permitirá aprender sin maestro. El objetivo esencial de este libro es enseñarle los pasos fundamentales de los estilos de baile más conocidos y practicados, para que
... Read more
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HowExpert Guide to Ballet

101+ Tips to Learn How to Get Started in Ballet, Discover Tips & Tricks, and Become a Better Ballet Dancer

by HowExpert, Lauren Dillon ...

Narrated by Robyn Mary Bouedo ...

Unabridged

3 hours 36 min

If you are thinking about taking ballet classes, have a child who is starting to dance, or want to know more about ballet, then HowExpert Guide to Ballet is for you. This book covers many things, such as:- How to find the best studio for you.- Elements to look for in classes from ages 3 to 18.- What to wear to class if you are a child or an adult dancer.- Things to bring to class in your dance bag ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you are thinking about taking ballet classes, have a child who is starting to dance, or want to know more about ballet, then HowExpert Guide to Ballet is for you. This book covers many things, such as:- How to find the best studio for you.- Elements to look for in classes from ages 3 to 18.- What to wear to class if you are a child or an adult dancer.- Things to bring to class in your dance bag
... Read more
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Dansaren

by Óskar Guðmundsson ...

Narrated by Stefan [AI] ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Ylfa och Valdimar
Unabridged

5 hours 22 min

December 1982. Lekande barn hittar ett lik på en kulle i centrala Reykjavik. Den erfarna utredaren Valdimar får hand om fallet tillsammans med Ylfa, som är ny vid Islands polis. Det står snabbt klart för dem att en synnerligen brutal mördare är på fri fot. Några gator bort står unge Tony i lära som snickare hos sin morfar. Han växte upp med en sjuk och alkoholiserad mor, som en gång var Islands ... Read more

$16.99 USD

December 1982. Lekande barn hittar ett lik på en kulle i centrala Reykjavik. Den erfarna utredaren Valdimar får hand om fallet tillsammans med Ylfa, som är ny vid Islands polis. Det står snabbt klart för dem att en synnerligen brutal mördare är på fri fot. Några gator bort står unge Tony i lära som snickare hos sin morfar. Han växte upp med en sjuk och alkoholiserad mor, som en gång var Islands
... Read more
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कथक योग : शालीना की नृत्यशाला

by DR.SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA ...

Narrated by डिजिटल वॉइस Hanisha G ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा ... Read more

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इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा
... Read more
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Don't Think, Dear

On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb ...

Narrated by Alice Robb ...

Unabridged

7 hours 36 min

An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet ... Read more

$25.99 USD

An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet
... Read more
Audiobook

Apollo's Angels

A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

23 hours 27 min

For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also ... Read more

$25.99 USD

For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also
... Read more

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