Ballet & Modern Dance

Ballet & Modern Dance (Illustrated 1979 Survey in Photographic Dust Jacket)

A Richly Illustrated Survey of Ballet and Modern Dance, with Contributions from Leading Choreographers, Dancers and Critics

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Ballet & Modern Dance: with contributions by leading choreographers, dancers and critics
• Publisher: Galley Press, London
• Publication Date: 1979
• ISBN-10: 090464474X
• Edition Details: Galley Press edition, published 1979.
• Binding: Publisher's pale green cloth hardcover with a printed band of dancers along the lower edge of the front board, in an illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, heavily illustrated quarto format, with colour and black-and-white photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The pale green cloth boards are clean, with sharp corners and no visible marks or fading. The black printed band of dancers along the lower edge is crisp. The spine is straight.
• Interior: The pages seen are clean and bright, with black-and-white and colour photographs. The binding is tight, with no foxing or markings visible in the pages examined.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The photographic illustrated dust jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The flaps and spine appear intact, with some light surface wrinkling visible.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in London by Galley Press in 1979, Ballet & Modern Dance is a large-format illustrated survey of the dance world of its day, assembled with contributions by leading choreographers, dancers and critics.

The book ranges across the major companies of America, Britain, Russia, Europe, Canada and Australia, including New York City Ballet, the Royal Ballet, the Bolshoi and the National Ballet of Canada. Choreographers such as Rudi van Dantzig and Maurice Bejart explain why and how they create their ballets, giving the reader a view from the studio as well as the stage.

Colour and black-and-white photographs run throughout, recording the companies and performers of the late 1970s. It is an attractive, well-kept copy for collectors of dance, theatre and performing arts books.

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