La Danse

by David Hamilton

Internationally acclaimed Photographer David Hamilton invites the viewer to share delicate moments in ballet. His images of young dancers capture the essence of grace at rest and poetry in motion. These tender photographic impressions are accompanied by musical masterpieces created especially for the art form. La Danse includes unpublished pictures of Rudolf Nureyev, the 20th century's greatest male dancer. Music CDs: The best of romantic ballet classics, for example: Tchaikovskys "Swan Lake", "Sleping Beauty" and other "invitations to dance", performed under the direction of Günther Herbig, Herbert Kegel and Willi Boskovsky.

Genres: Photography, Art

1000 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

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Reviews

[Rodrigo González · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book accompanied by excellent photographs and sublime music, the photographs that I liked the most were those from the "Laura" and "Bilitis" movies since I love the "Coming of Age" genre and Hamilton is a great master of that genre. It was a pleasant surprise to listen to the music of Tchakoivsky, Khachaturian, Schubert, Strauss, et cetera. Listening to this type of music while you see the beauty of youth beauty, encourages the spirit a lot. A great book for lovers of Hamilton's work, dance, beauty and good music.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Photographs of dancers, some of which have been previously published (there are several images from Bilitis). Comes with four CDs of classical music as accompaniment.