BOURNONVILE AND BALLET TECHNIQUE

ISBN: 978-1-85273-107-6
Editorial: DANCE BOOKS LTS
Sinopsis: A facsimile reprint of a now very rare 1961 publication, in which the great Danish dancer Erik Bruhn and the American historian Lillian Moore discuss August Bournonville’s principles of ballet technique as set down in his Études chorégraphiques. In their introduction the authors write ‘We simply want to discuss a few things which are sometimes neglected even in the best schools, and describe some of the ways they are taught in the Danish school, where they are still remembered.’…