Download or read book Degas Drawings of Dancers written by Edgar Degas and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-one full-page, six half-page drawings depict dancers on stage, in the classroom, and at rehearsals. Charming, spirited views of dancers pirouetting, executing grand battements and ports de bras, practicing at the barre, and more.

Download or read book Dancers After Dark written by Jordan Matter and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancers After Dark is an amazing celebration of the human body and the human spirit, as dancers, photographed nude and at night, strike poses of fearless beauty. Without a permit or a plan, Jordan Matter led hundreds of the most exciting dancers in the world out of their comfort zones—not to mention their clothes—to explore the most compelling reaches of beauty and the human form. After all the risk and daring, the result is extraordinary: 300 dancers, 400 locations, more than 150 stunning photographs. And no clothes, no arrests, no regrets. Each image highlights the amazing abilities of these artists—and presents a core message to the reader: Say yes rather than no, and embrace the risks and opportunities that life presents.

Download or read book Degas Drawings written by H. G. E. Degas and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully reproduced from a rare 1923 limited edition, most of these magnificent drawings are unavailable elsewhere in published form. Dancers, nudes, portraits, travel scenes, and more. 100 drawings, including 8 in full color.

Download or read book The Ballerina Mindset written by Megan Fairchild and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like. Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not only do dancers rehearse for six to eight hours a day before performing at night, but they also must make it all look easy! As a principal ballerina with New York City Ballet and a one-time Broadway star--not to mention a mother of three and an MBA student--Megan Fairchild is all too familiar with these challenges. In The Ballerina Mindset, she shares all the wisdom she's learned from her nearly two-decade career, drawing upon her own experiences to show us how she learned to overcome challenges ranging from stage fright to negative feedback to a packed calendar to weight management--and how we can do the same. Inspiring, warm, and revelatory, The Ballerina Mindset is the perfect how-to guide for dancers, athletes, artists, and anyone struggling to stay sane in a high-pressure environment.

Download or read book My Ballet Dream written by Adèle Geras and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tutu Tilly been busy practising her ballet steps for the recital, but will everything go to plan on the big day? Will her dreams come true.

Download or read book Swan Dive written by Georgina Pazcoguin and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't expect just tulle and toe shoes. In this fascinating insider's tale, NYCB dancer Pazcoguin reveals her world. . . . A striking debut." —People Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB’s first Asian American female soloist Georgina Pazcoguin lays bare her unfiltered story of leaving small-town Pennsylvania for New York City and training amid the unique demands of being a hybrid professional athlete/artist, all before finishing high school. She pitches us into the fascinating, whirling shoes of dancers in one of the most revered ballet companies in the world with an unapologetic sense of humor about the cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest mentality at NYCB. Some swan dives are literal: even in the ballet, there are plenty of face-plants, backstage fights, late-night parties, and raucous company bonding sessions. Rocked by scandal in the wake of the #MeToo movement, NYCB sits at an inflection point, inching toward progress in a strictly traditional culture, and Pazcoguin doesn’t shy away from ballet’s dark side. She continues to be one of the few dancers openly speaking up against the sexual harassment, mental abuse, and racism that in the past went unrecognized or was tacitly accepted as par for the course—all of which she has painfully experienced firsthand. Tying together Pazcoguin’s fight for equality in the ballet with her infectious and deeply moving passion for her craft, Swan Dive is a page-turning, one-of-a-kind account that guarantees you'll never view a ballerina or a ballet the same way again.

Download or read book Deer Dancer written by Mary Lyn Ray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mesmerizing picture book from the author of the New York Times bestselling Stars, a young ballerina finds dancing inspiration in the natural world. There’s a place I go that’s green and grass, a place I thought that no one knew— until the deer came. This gorgeous picture book from celebrated author Mary Lyn Ray features luminous and evocative art from Lauren Stringer and will capture the hearts of young dancers everywhere.

Download or read book The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions written by Jonathan Stephen Harris and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From impossible shapes to three-dimensional sketches and trick art, you won't believe your eyes as you learn to draw optical illusions in graphite and colored pencil. Perfect for beginning artists, The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions begins with a basic introduction to optical illusions and how they work. Jonathan Stephen Harris then guides you step-by-step in creating mind-blowing pencil drawings, starting with basic optical illusions and progressing to more difficult two- and three-dimensional trick art. Perspective and dimension are difficult to capture for both beginning and established artists, but now you can hone those skills in the most unique way possible, while also exercising your mind with these brain-boosting, unbelievable tricks!

Download or read book Dance written by Elisha Cooper and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented as a sketch book and journal, this book offers paintings and thoughtful text of Cooper's observations of dancers as they rehearse and perfect their moves. Ideal for dancers, those who dream of being dancers, patrons of the arts of any age, and anyone who relishes a sneak-peek of what goes on behind the scenes. Full-color illustrations.

Download or read book Ballet written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This DK visual guide to ballet history goes beyond other ballet books, with beautiful photography that captures famous dancers and key stories. Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories behind renowned companies such as The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. Explore the lives and achievements of dancers across the centuries, such as Margot Fonteyn, Carlos Acosta, and Darcey Bussell. Meet composers and choreographers, from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to Matthew Bourne. From its origins at court and the first national ballet companies, to the contemporary scene and extraordinary venues that stage the productions, this book covers an impressive history of ballet and provides an invaluable overview of the subject. Filled with rarely seen photographs covering all the key figures, pieces, and performances, and compelling facts about each dance--the sources they draw from, their production history, and their reception over time--Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated Story is an essential gift for all ballet enthusiasts.

Download or read book Pregnant written by I. Draw Fashion and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 10th book in the Fashion Sketchpad series by I Draw Fashion. Get creative with maternity wear and fashion ideas using these templates of beautiful pregnant figures. In this special selection, you will find realistic pregnant figure templates that you can use to design maternity clothes and collections with ease. Don't just reinvent the wheel, create your own unique styles and sketch refreshing designs that have never been seen. Nothing is off limits!. Bring your fashion designs to life without having to sketch the models! Creating your own designs just got a lot easier with this complete and comprehensive fashion sketchbook. Specifically made for fashion designers and students, this sketchbook offers you a wide range of outlines and templates that enables you sketch your own fashiondesigns without having to start from scratch. Whether you are a professional designer or a novice just starting out, the realistic proportions, beautiful faces and tastefully stylish hairstyles in this sketchbook will help make your fashion sketches pop more while providing you with a good starting point to hone your skills as you work on your designs. Features: 108 Figure templates 6 different model poses (3 different variants per pose) 18 Croqui styles. 120 pages of lightly drawn gray sketches Perfect for both students and professionals This sketchbook offers you: A simple way to create your own designs Build your own outfits from scratch Realistic model poses to help with your fashion sketches 3 variants of each pose (face and hair, outlines and dashed lines) A big and portable 8.5 x 11 in sketchbook Perfect for drawing over, you get to adjust your sketches, and design your own illustration on each page using any of the multiple Croqui variations as you go. From capturing your illustrations to designing your own creations from scratch, this Fashion Sketchbook with pre-drawn templates is exactly what you need! Grab a copy now to get started with creating your own unique designs!

Download or read book Ella s Magical Tutu written by Sandy Ascenzi and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like you, Ella the Ballerina loves to read books! But something special happens when she reads books while wearing her Magical Tutu.. Ella's Magical Tutu lets her explore her story books, as if she were in them! A perfect gift for any little one that loves ballet. Exviting daytime and bedtime story with references to ballet moves as Ella explores magical kingdoms in her storybooks.

Download or read book Sketchbook written by William Cumming and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Cumming began as a self-taught artist who grew up in Tukwila, a small town outside Seattle. In 1937, at the age of twenty, he met Morris Graves, who was at that time working in Seattle for the Federal Art project of the Works Progress Administration. Through Graves he soon became part of the circle of friends who came to be known as the Northwest School of artists: Mark Tobey, then nearing fifty, the patriarchal leader of the group; Kenneth Callahan and his wife Margaret, a writer and critic who became Cumming's particular mentor; Guy Anderson, Lubin Petric, and others. He has taught for many years at the Art Institute of Seattle and Cornish College of the Arts. "Bill Cumming is at once an exceptional and successful regional artist and one of the most erudite, perceptive, and entertainingly cantankerous characters in this part of the world. [He] tells what it was like to be an artist in the Great Depression, tells tales out of school about such international luminaries as Mark Tobey and Morris Graves, tells how the Northwest School (of which he was the youngest member) developed, tells about the early success -- and ultimate failure -- of the Communist movement in the Far West, and shows how the political, economic, and cultural events of a half-century affected the life of a region and of its creative minority. Cumming is a natural raconteur, equipped with more literary wit and charm than most professional writers." -- Tom Robbins "Besides being one of the Northwest's best painters, Bill Cumming has certainly had a knack for being, historically speaking, in the right place at the right time. Beyond being good local history, hisSketchbookis a moving, sometimes chillingly perceptive, and certainly fascinating glimpse into the nature of artists themselves." -- Wesley Wehr

Download or read book Montgomery the River Region Sketchbook written by Mary Ann Neeley and published by Indigo Custom Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montgomery and The River Region have been blessed with a rich and vibrant history. These pages are an attempt to tell their story through the magic of words and the wonder of art.

Download or read book Degas Painter of Ballerinas written by Susan Goldman Rubin and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through Edgar Degas’s beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Susan Goldman Rubin conveys the wonder and excitement of the ballet world. Degas is one of the most celebrated painters of the impressionist movement, and his ballerina paintings are among the most favorite of his fans. In his artwork, Degas captures every moment, from the relentless hours of practice to the glamour of appearing on stage, revealing a dancer’s journey from novice to prima ballerina. Observing young students, Degas drew their poses again and again, determined to achieve perfection. The book includes a brief biography of his entire life, endnotes, bibliography, where to see his paintings, and an index.

Download or read book Pirouette written by E. J. Quigley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of literary detective fiction will enjoy this elegantly crafted novella that explores how the tenderest emotions can be subverted through the alchemy of evil. After graduating college, Vladimir Petrovsky joins his beautiful mother, a former prima ballerina, at her ballet school in a mansion overlooking the Hudson River where they lead an isolated, self-indulgent life . . . until the disappearance of one and then another dancer alters their lives forever. The local police chief asks P. J. O'Malley, a retired NYPD detective, to help in the investigation. Over time, nearly everyone becomes convinced that the girls' disappearance is the work of a sinister stranger. O'Malley is not so sure.

Download or read book Guardian Angel written by Anne Rouen and published by Anne Rouen. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the Silver (2016) & Bronze (2014) Medals for Modern Historical Literary Fiction in the Global Ebook Awards comes the World War II romantic saga, Guardian Angel, the fourth instalment in the Master of Illusion series. Ten-year-old French singer Nicolas de Beaulieu seems to have it all in the rigours and depression of the 1930s: money, social status, fame. But as he grows up, he becomes no stranger to grief and loss. World War II begins and Nicolas finds himself in deadly peril, hunted by the Nazis. His already complicated relationship with the girl he loves takes a new direction when France surrenders to Germany, and they fight a different kind of war as part of la Résistance. Hidden in the fastness of their mountain stronghold, every day is a battle of wits, courage and endurance as they fight to survive and undermine the overwhelming might of the Nazi war machine. And it appears the Nazi's have the upper hand until salvation comes from an unexpected source ... Fans of The Nightingale and The Lost Wife will enjoy this riveting historical romance saga.