Ballet

The first book from Darcey Bussell in over six years, retired darling of the British Ballet and beloved judge of Strictly Come Dancing, this publis...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2023 From the author of Apollo's Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an...

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as the m...

A world-famous ballerina's rise above a devastating illnessDancing Past the Light cinematically illuminates the glamorous and heartbreaking life of...

'Swan Dive is to ballet what Anthony Bourdains Kitchen Confidential was to restaurants, a chance to go behind the serene front of house to the swea...

Relatively little has been written about how ballet teachers become teachers themselves and how each generation passes on its experience to the nex...

Dancer Robert Barnett trained under legendary choreographer Bronislava Nijinska. His professional ballet career was launched when he joined the Col...

One of the most formal and demanding genres of dance, ballet has enthralled audiences with its grace, precision, and remarkable feats of dexterity....

The Royal Ballet Yearbook series is back, with extra editorial features and exclusive behind-the-scenes content in addition to the usual selectio...

Natalia Osipova: Becoming a Swan is an intimate portrait of the work of a ballet superstar, and the story told in pictures of how she prepares for ...

Daria Klimentova has been one of Britain's best-loved ballerinas for two decades, having danced at Scottish Ballet and then - since 1996 - as a Pri...

Eleonora Abbagnato is the prima ballerina at the Opéra de Paris. This original volume reveals her artistic versatility through the photographs of f...

Beginning Ballet With HKPropel Access introduces students to the study of ballet as a performing art and provides instructional support in learning...

Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite b...

The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured a...

International vaudeville star and Broadway prima ballerina Jeanne Devereaux performed for millions across Europe and America in her prime. Born Jea...

In the 1930s and '40s, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured the United States and the world, introducing many to ballet as an art form, while s...

After a career with the New York City Ballet, Mary Helen Bowers created Ballet Beautiful, a fitness and lifestyle program inspired by ballet s arti...

From its early inception at the French court to modern-day developments and interpretations, ballet has long had a popular following. Packed full o...

Short, plump, pigeon-toed, and never good enough for mom, Lee Wilson dared to dream she could grow up to be a star. In this uplifting memoir, Wilso...

Just as America was observed in French literary and political commentary, we find representations of America in French music, dance, and theatre wh...

Ballet is a breathtaking photographic collection, celebrating the precision, athleticism and artistry of classical and contemporary ballet. Live p...

Captures the resilience of the company. The i newspaper In March 2020, Liam Scarlett's production of Swan Lake opened at the Royal Opera House, b...