The Ballet Book
1The Saturday Book — was an annual miscellany, published 1941 1975, reaching 34 volumes. It was edited initially by Leonard Russell and from 1952 by John Hadfield. A final compilation entitled The Best of the Saturday Book was published in 1981. The publisher… …
2Russian Ballet (book) — Russian Ballet is an artist s book by the English artist David Bomberg published in 1919. The work describes the impact of seeing a performance of Diaghilev s Ballets Russes , and is based on a series of drawings Bomberg had done around 1914… …
3The Royal Ballet School Diaries — is a book series written for adolescents aged 9 12 by Alexandra Moss. It is about a young girl named Ellie Brown, who has moved to Oxford from Chicago and learns about the prestigious Royal Ballet School and works hard by auditioning to get into… …
4Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo — was an influential ballet company founded by René Blum and Colonel Vassily de Basil in 1933. The company followed Sergei Diaghilev s Ballets Russes, which had stopped operating when Diaghilev died in 1929. In 1938 the company was split into two:… …
5The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle —   …
6The Pied Piper of Hamelin — is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln ), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning.PlotIn 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering… …
7The Car Man (Bourne) — The company of Matthew Bourne s The Car Man, with danseur Alan Vincent in the lead role of Luca. Matthew Bourne s The Car Man is a dance production by British choreographer Matthew Bourne. It previewed for the first time on Tuesday, May 16th,… …
8Ballet boot — The ballet boot is a contemporary style of fetish footwear that merges (the look of) the pointe shoe with the ultimate high heel. The idea (along with the illusion) is to force the wearer s feet almost en pointe , like those of a ballerina, with… …
9The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse —   …
10The Snow Queen — ( Sneedronningen ) is a fairy tale by author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 1875). The tale was first published in 1845, and centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kay and Gerda.The story is one of… …
