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Mr. B
- George Balanchine's 20th Century
- By: Jennifer Homans
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
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Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century—the New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." His radical approach to choreography—and life—reinvented the art of ballet and made him a legend....
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Interesting.
- By An Old Crow on 10-15-23
By: Jennifer Homans
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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, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet, The Swans of Harlem is the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now....
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A Story That Needs to Be Heard Again and Again!
- By Angela F on 07-05-24
By: Karen Valby
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Don't Think, Dear
- On Loving and Leaving Ballet
- By: Alice Robb
- Narrated by: Alice Robb
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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That vocal fry
- By melissa f goodwin on 03-03-23
By: Alice Robb
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Swan Dive
- The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
- By: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Narrated by: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle....
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Pure joy!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-31-21
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Ballerina Body
- Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You
- By: Misty Copeland
- Narrated by: Cherelle Cargill, Misty Copeland - introduction
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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The celebrated ballerina and role model Misty Copeland shares the secrets of how to reshape your body and achieve a lean, strong physique and glowing health....
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Meh... unclear audience. Probably better in print.
- By Danya on 01-07-18
By: Misty Copeland
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Turning Pointe
- How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself
- By: Chloe Angyal
- Narrated by: Casey Holloway
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Every 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 world both in and outside of dance....
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Interesting but idealistic
- By Daryl James on 11-28-21
By: Chloe Angyal
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Mr. B
- George Balanchine's 20th Century
- By: Jennifer Homans
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century—the New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." His radical approach to choreography—and life—reinvented the art of ballet and made him a legend....
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Interesting.
- By An Old Crow on 10-15-23
By: Jennifer Homans
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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, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet, The Swans of Harlem is the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now....
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A Story That Needs to Be Heard Again and Again!
- By Angela F on 07-05-24
By: Karen Valby
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Don't Think, Dear
- On Loving and Leaving Ballet
- By: Alice Robb
- Narrated by: Alice Robb
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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That vocal fry
- By melissa f goodwin on 03-03-23
By: Alice Robb
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Swan Dive
- The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
- By: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Narrated by: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle....
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Pure joy!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-31-21
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Ballerina Body
- Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You
- By: Misty Copeland
- Narrated by: Cherelle Cargill, Misty Copeland - introduction
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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The celebrated ballerina and role model Misty Copeland shares the secrets of how to reshape your body and achieve a lean, strong physique and glowing health....
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Meh... unclear audience. Probably better in print.
- By Danya on 01-07-18
By: Misty Copeland
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Turning Pointe
- How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself
- By: Chloe Angyal
- Narrated by: Casey Holloway
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Every 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 world both in and outside of dance....
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Interesting but idealistic
- By Daryl James on 11-28-21
By: Chloe Angyal
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Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna
- Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess
- By: Alessandra Belloni, Matthew Fox - foreword
- Narrated by: Alessandra Belloni, Matthew Fox - foreword
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess, and the African Mother, to the era when God was not only female but also black. Sacred sites of the Black Madonna are still revered in Italy....
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Disappointing. No audio tracks.
- By Woelke Edward Barry on 12-05-20
By: Alessandra Belloni, and others
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The Ballerina Mindset
- How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence
- By: Megan Fairchild
- Narrated by: Megan Fairchild
- Length: 3 hrs
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Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas - and get a sneak peek behind the curtain into what her life is really like....
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Grateful for Megan
- By Mariana P on 12-30-21
By: Megan Fairchild
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A Body of Work
- Dancing to the Edge and Back
- By: David Hallberg
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer, presents an intimate journey through his artistic life....
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Fascinating Story about a fascinating artist
- By MCS on 01-10-22
By: David Hallberg
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Mao's Last Dancer
- By: Li Cunxin
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world....
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Life in perspective
- By PSprout on 01-29-06
By: Li Cunxin
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The Ecstasy of Being
- Mythology and Dance (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
- By: Joseph Campbell
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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The Ecstasy of Being brings together seven of Campbell’s previously uncollected articles on dance, along with “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the treatise that he was working on when he died, published here for the first time....
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More of an autobiography not at all interesting
- By SB on 06-26-23
By: Joseph Campbell
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Ballet Helps Everything!
- Ten Reasons Why
- By: Dawn C Crouch
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Be Your Best! Discover the power of Ballet to unlock day-to-day skills that help you enjoy the body you live in! Ballet Helps Everything! - Ten ...
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Very inspirational
- By Dee Pichardo on 07-03-24
By: Dawn C Crouch
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Martha Graham in Love and War
- The Life in the Work
- By: Mark Franko
- Narrated by: Gary Telles
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe....
By: Mark Franko
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Tangofulness
- Exploring Connection, Awareness, and Meaning in Tango
- By: Dimitris Bronowski
- Narrated by: Ilan Krasilnikov
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
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In this unique audiobook, which became the most translated tango book in the world, Dimitris takes you on a journey of exploring connection, awareness, and meaning in tango....
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The Dance Cure
- The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier
- By: Peter Lovatt
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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The founder of the Dance Psychology Lab, Dr. Peter Lovatt, reveals the surprising cognitive and emotional benefits of dancing and prescriptive ways to dance yourself happy....
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Entertaining and inspirational!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-06-22
By: Peter Lovatt
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Trash the Trophies
- How to Win Without Losing Your Soul
- By: Chasta Hamilton
- Narrated by: Chasta Hamilton
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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In the world of competitive dance, biased scoring, skimpy costumes, and toxic rivalries are the additional line items of a bill that exceeds thousands of dollars. For Chasta Hamilton, six years of sending dancers to competitions was six years too many....
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Great for anyone associated in the Competitive dance world
- By H. Dubitzky on 11-02-23
By: Chasta Hamilton
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Errand into the Maze
- The Life and Works of Martha Graham
- By: Deborah Jowitt
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the pantheon of American modernists, few figures loom larger than Martha Graham....
By: Deborah Jowitt
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Out Loud
- A Memoir
- By: Mark Morris, Wesley Stace
- Narrated by: Mark Morris
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the most brilliant and audacious choreographer of our time, the exuberant tale of a young dancer’s rise to the pinnacle of the performing arts world, and the triumphs and perils of creating work on his own terms - and staying true to himself....
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Read it, loved it, recommend it!
- By VPolli on 07-05-20
By: Mark Morris, and others
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Behind the Sequins
- My Life
- By: Shirley Ballas
- Narrated by: Shirley Ballas
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Queen of Latin ballroom Shirley Ballas has a spectacular dance career spanning over 40 years - she has cha-cha'd her way across the world's dance floors to become a multi-award-winning ballroom champion and one of the most renowned dancers in the world....
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Great book!
- By Inga S on 01-16-22
By: Shirley Ballas
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HowExpert Guide to Belly Dancing: 101+ Tips to Learn How to Belly Dance from A to Z
- By: HowExpert, Aneta Dimoska
- Narrated by: Gill Mills
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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HowExpert Guide to Belly Dancing is for all dance lovers, especially for those in love with belly dancing. It serves as a guiding tool to learn the dance from the basic movements. This guide is divided into eight main sections that teach the different aspects of the belly dancing....
By: HowExpert, and others
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The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky
- By: Joan Acocella - editor, Vaslav Nijinsky
- Narrated by: John Rubinstein
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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In December 1917, Vaslav Nijinsky, the most famous male dancer in the Western world, moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad.....
By: Joan Acocella - editor, and others
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The Collaborative Habit
- Life Lessons for Working Together
- By: Twyla Tharp
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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In this practical sequel to her national best seller The Creative Habit, Tharp explains why collaboration is important to her - and can be for you....
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Awful narration
- By Anastasia Lattanand on 05-14-16
By: Twyla Tharp
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Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg
- One Comedian's Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World
- By: Todd Barry
- Narrated by: Todd Barry
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Hello. It's Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billons of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring....
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Todd's Delivery and Dry Wit Make This Great
- By Jen Si on 03-21-17
By: Todd Barry
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Neo-Burlesque
- Striptease as Transformation
- By: Lynn Sally
- Narrated by: Kate Valentine
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Performance-studies scholar and acclaimed burlesque artist Lynn Sally offers an inside look at the history, culture, and philosophy of New York’s neo-burlesque scene....
By: Lynn Sally
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Martha Graham
- When Dance Became Modern
- By: Neil Baldwin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir, Neil Baldwin
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Time magazine called her “the Dancer of the Century.” Her technique, used by dance companies throughout the world, became the first long-lasting alternative to the idiom of classical ballet. At the heart of Graham’s work: movement that could express inner feeling....
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Well Researched Biography and Amazing Narration
- By Susannah on 12-17-22
By: Neil Baldwin
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Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop
- By: Cynthia Millman, Frankie Manning
- Narrated by: Derrick E. Hardin
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines; he introduced the air step in the Lindy hop, a dance that took the US and then the world by storm....
By: Cynthia Millman, and others
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And the Category Is.
- Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community
- By: Ricky Tucker
- Narrated by: Ricky Tucker
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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What is Ballroom? Not a song, a documentary, a catchphrase, a TV show, or an individual pop star. It is an underground subculture founded over a century ago by LGBTQ African American and Latino men and women of Harlem....
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How can you make something so fascinating so dull?
- By Amazon Customer on 05-13-22
By: Ricky Tucker
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Serenade
- A Balanchine Story
- By: Toni Bentley
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard, Toni Bentley
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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At age seventeen, Toni Bentley was chosen by Balanchine, then in his final years, to join the New York City Ballet. From both backstage and onstage, she carries us through the serendipitous history and physical intricacies and demands of Serenade....
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What a beautiful book!
- By Ning on 05-04-22
By: Toni Bentley
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The Phenomenology of Dance
- By: Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Phenomenology of Dance provides an informed approach to teaching dance and to dance education, appreciation, criticism, and choreography....
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The concept of dance
- By Ning on 01-07-24
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Diaghilev's Empire
- How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
- By: Rupert Christiansen
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet....
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Great
- By Amazon Customer on 01-15-23