Ballet Beyond Tradition

by Anna Paskevska

For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive training.Ballet BeyondTradition seeks to reconcile these age-old conflicts and bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Marta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a very useful book. It's fairly short and to the point. Since reading about how concepts from modern dance can be applied to ballet and how certain parts of the body and physics work together in movement arts, I find I am much more aware as a dancer. This could be one to add to my bookshelf (or borrow again from the library) to revisit and reinforce these concepts.

[Adela Bezemer-Cleverley · Rating 2 out of 5]

(read for a class)