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The Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology

The Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein, George Balanchine (Preface by), Muriel Stuart

A warm welcome back to this beloved classic! For decades the standard text for ballet technique, this book--first published in 1952--presents a beginner's guide to basic movements, steps, and terminology. Written by the staff of the School of American Ballet, it builds on the Russian tradition of Anna Pavlova and reflects the dance style of George ...

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Paul Cadmus

Paul Cadmus more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

Following recent exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, this updated, revised and expanded edition presents the entire range of Cadmus' remarkable achievements, all executed with the technical virtuosity and anatomical precision of the Renaissance Masters. The text ...

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Pussycat's Christmas

Pussycat's Christmas more books like this

by Margaret Wise Brown, Helen Stone (Illustrator)

The mysterious and beautiful sounds of Christmas, experienced by Pussycat.

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Dance: A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing

Dance: A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Fifty Ballet Masterworks: From the 16th to the 20th Century

Fifty Ballet Masterworks: From the 16th to the 20th Century more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

Profusely illustrated vision of ballet as movement, art, theatrical spectacle, and history. Penetrating discussions of 50 seminal works, from the 16th to the 20th century. 474 illustrations.

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Elie Nadelman more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Nijinsky Dancing more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

This picture book retelling of the traditional tale about the clever cat is accompanied by color paintings.

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Costumes by Karinska

Costumes by Karinska more books like this

by Toni Bentley, Lincoln Kirstein, Edward Gorey (Foreword by)

Karinska's costumes ran the gamut of theatrical genres, from burlesque and Broadway to Shakespeare and Moliere. As one of legendary choreographer George Ballanchine's closest collaborators, Karinska dressed over 75 of his productions. This lavishly illustrated chronicle of Karinska's life and career is filled with anecdotes from those who knew her ...

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By with to and from more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein, Nicholas Jenkins (Editor)

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By with to & from: A Lincoln Kirstein Reader

By with to & from: A Lincoln Kirstein Reader more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein, Nicholas Jenkins (Editor)

Lincoln Kirstein'swriting is a notable example of a wide historical awareness that was fired by passion and guided by taste. He established his interests in art and literature as an undergraduate at Harvard during the late 1920s.There he started the famous quarterly "Hound & Horn," a magazine that published the work of such writers as James Joyce ...

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Portrait of Mr. B: 2photographs of George Balanchine more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Memorial to a Marriage: An Album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery Commissioned by Henry Adams in Honor of His Wife, Marian Hooper Adams

Memorial to a Marriage: An Album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery Commissioned by Henry Adams in Honor of His Wife, Marian Hooper Adams more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

A beautiful memorial by the great 19th-century American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and commissioned by Henry Adams for the grave of his wife Marian Hooper's grave, is the centerpiece of this unusual album of superb color photographs. In a poetic setting, designed by famed architect Sanford White, the hooded, inscrutable figure has evoked ...

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The New York City Ballet more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Mosaic more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

Mosaic: Memoirs, Lincoln Kirstein's long-awaited autobiography, is a compelling, often highly subjective evocation of his astonishing youth. The book's scenes move from the old mansions of Brahmin Boston to the waterfront bars of Brooklyn, George Gurdjieff's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau, and the brothels of ...

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Classic Ballet more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Pavel Tchelitchev more books like this

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Quarry more books like this

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Movement & Metaphor: Four Centuries of Ballet more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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The Poems of Lincoln Kirstein more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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30 Years: NYC Ballet more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Rhymes of a PFC more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Flesh is Heir: An Historical Romance more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Kirstein is well known as the found-ing director of the New York City Ballet, for his writings on dance, photography, paint-ing, and sculpture. Known to few readers, however, is this early (1932) work, his only published novel, autobiographical in con-tent but historical in scope and purpose. In a revealing Afterword, Mr. Kirstein re ...

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Mosaic Memoirs more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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Thirty Years: Lincoln Kirstein's the New York City Ballet: Expanded to Include the Years 1973-1978, in Celebration of the Company's Thirtieth Anniversary more books like this

by Lincoln Kirstein

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