The Everyday Dancer
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2011
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-23892-7 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-23892-7 (ISBN)
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An account of the business of dancing. Structured around the daily schedule, it goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. It progresses through the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating new work, the nervous tension of the half hour call, and more.
"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 around the daily schedule, "The Everyday Dancer" goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. Starting out with the obligatory daily 'class', the book progresses through the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating new work, the nervous tension of the half hour call, the pressures of performance and the anti-climax of curtain down. Through this vivid portrait of a dancer's every day, Deborah Bull reveals the arc of a dancer's life: from the seven-year-old's very first ballet class, through training, to company life, up through the ranks from corps de ballet to principal and then, not thirty years after it all began, to retirement and the inevitable sense of loss that comes with saying goodbye to your childhood dreams.
"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 around the daily schedule, "The Everyday Dancer" goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. Starting out with the obligatory daily 'class', the book progresses through the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating new work, the nervous tension of the half hour call, the pressures of performance and the anti-climax of curtain down. Through this vivid portrait of a dancer's every day, Deborah Bull reveals the arc of a dancer's life: from the seven-year-old's very first ballet class, through training, to company life, up through the ranks from corps de ballet to principal and then, not thirty years after it all began, to retirement and the inevitable sense of loss that comes with saying goodbye to your childhood dreams.
Deborah Bull was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, noted for her performances in the works of Forsythe and MacMillan. She is now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House as well as a writer and broadcaster. She has written and presented several programmes for BBC TV and radio, including the award-winning 'The Dancer's Body'. She is the author of The Vitality Plan (1998), Dancing Away (1998) and (with Luke Jennings) The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet (2004).
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2011 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 143 x 220 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
ISBN-10 | 0-571-23892-0 / 0571238920 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-23892-7 / 9780571238927 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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