Carlos Acosta's Tocororo
Author: Carlos Acosta
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"[Acosta's] ballet-dancing has a unique three-way harmony" -Daily Telegraph
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Pig's Foot
Author: Carlos Acosta
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 1620400820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Korticos are from a well-endowed pygmy tribe in West Africa; the Mandingas are descended from a tribe of tall Ghanaians. Both families have been brought to Cuba as slaves. Oscar Kortico and Jose Mandinga, inseparable friends, marry a pair of sisters, and in the tiny hamlet of Pig's Foot (Pata de Puerco), five generations of these families will live out their colorful lives through the tumultuous sweep of Cuban history: from slavery through the war of independence, exploitation, dictatorship, and compromised freedom, to the present day when teenager Oscar Mandinga goes seeking the fabled village of his ancestors. Carlos Acosta's first novel is a swiftly plotted island folktale with warmth, humor, magic, and a light allegorical touch. It's a history grounded in sights and smells and human foibles. And it's an enchanting and unexpected debut from an author of many talents.
Carlos Acosta
Author: Margaret Willis
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Published: 2011-03-10
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1908129182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarlos Acosta grew up in a shantytown in Fidel Castro's politically isolated Cuba. Like many boys, he'd skip school to play football or breakdance with his friends. His father's solution to his unruly behaviour was to send him to ballet school where he would be disciplined, trained and fed - for free. It was many years before Carlos came to accept a pursuit he saw as 'sissy'. Today he is one of the world's most stunning classical ballet dancers, admired internationally for his magnetic presence on stage. This is his story.
Balletboyz
Author: Michael Nunn
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2011-08-23
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781849430500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Nunn and William Trevitt, aka the Ballet Boyz, are pioneers in making modern dance accessible and entertaining through their celebrated stage and television work. They met at the Royal Ballet School and went on to become leading dancers with The Royal Ballet. In 2001 they set up their own company, Ballet Boyz, and established themselves as one of the most original and dynamic partnerships in modern dance: revolutionising programming formats; commissioning new choreography; collaborating with a wide range of cutting-edge talents and building a following through their regular television appearances on the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Arts. To celebrate 10 years as the Ballet Boyz, Nunn and Trevitt have hand-picked images from their company and personal archives to provide a unique and intimate insight into one of dance's most prolific, enduring and exciting partnerships.
Nureyev
Author: Julie Kavanagh
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2008-11-11
Total Pages: 850
ISBN-13: 0375704728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRudolf Nureyev, one of the most iconic dancers of the twentieth century, had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. In this superb biography, Julie Kavanagh deftly brings us through the professional and personal milestones of Nureyev's life and career: his education at the Kirov school in Leningrad; his controversial defection from the USSR in 1961; his long-time affair with the Danish dancer Erik Bruhn; his legendary partnership with Margot Fonteyn at the Royal Ballet in London. We see his fiery collaborations with almost all the major living choreographers including Ashton, Balanchine, Robbins, Graham, and Taylor. And we see Nureyev as he reinvigorated the Paris Ballet Opera in the early 1980s before his death from AIDS complications in 1993. Nureyev: The Life is the most intimate, revealing, and dramatic picture we have ever had of this dazzling, complex figure.
The Routledge Companion to Dance Studies
Author: Helen Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-10-30
Total Pages: 741
ISBN-13: 1315306530
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Companion to Dance Studies maps out the key features of dance studies as the field stands today, while pointing to potential future developments. It locates these features both historically—within dance in particular social and cultural contexts—and in relation to other academic influences that have impinged on dance studies as a discipline. The editors use a thematically based approach that emphasizes that dance scholarship does not stand alone as a single entity, but is inevitably linked to other related fields, debates, and concerns. Authors from across continents have contributed chapters based on theoretical, methodological, ethnographic, and practice-based case studies, bringing together a wealth of expertise and insight to offer a study that is in-depth and wide-ranging. Ideal for scholars and upper-level students of dance and performance studies, The Routledge Companion to Dance Studies challenges the reader to expand their knowledge of this vibrant, exciting interdisciplinary field.
Performing Arts Yearbook for Europe
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Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIbss: Economics: 1995
Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9780415152150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institutions whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
