The Pointe Book

Zusammenfassung The only book of its kind! rewritten throughout! takes the mystery out of buying and wearing pointe shoes. Includes an intensive look at pointe-related injuries and the relationship between a ballerina and her shoes. Informationen zum Autor Janice Barringer danced professionally for more than twenty-five years! and now teaches! choreographs! writes and creates classroom CDs and instructional DVDs. She has written articles for Dancer! Po/nte! Dance! Dance Teacher and Dance Spirit magazines. She has served on the faculty of the American Dance Center! Ballet Hispanico! Hark-ness House! and Steps on Broadway! and is now a professor of dance at Pace University in New York City. Sarah Schlesinger has extensive experience fitting pointe shoes and solving pointe shoe-related problems as former owner of Capezio Dance Theater Shops in Maryland and Delaware. She is now Chairperson of the graduate musical theater writing program in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Klappentext A complete examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes is provided in this guide. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benefit from a thorough explanation of the shoemaking process! and the book includes tips that show how to best fit! care for! and custom order toe shoes. Interviews with ballet stars reveal their highly evolved but proven methods of caring for pointe shoes! while the basics of the pointe technique! different methods! and its history are also discussed. With a handy reference on pointe-related injuries and their remedies! this new edition also offers the latest information on contemporary designs! materials! products! and suppliers. A sampling of pointe technique schools around the country offers an authoritative syllabus for teachers and students alike.

Autorentext
Janice Barringer is a musical consultant for Stepping Tones Records in Los Angeles and has been spotlighted in the PBS Dance in America series. She has been on the faculty of the American Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, Harkness House, and STEPS and is a columnist for Pointe. Sarah Schlesinger is the former owner of the Capezio Dance Theatre Shops in Maryland and Delaware. She has extensive experience in fitting and repairing pointe shoes and is chair at the graduate musical theater writing program at New York University's Tisch School of Arts. They both live in New York City.

Klappentext
A complete examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes is provided in this guide. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benefit from a thorough explanation of the shoemaking process, and the book includes tips that show how to best fit, care for, and custom order toe shoes. Interviews with ballet stars reveal their highly evolved but proven methods of caring for pointe shoes, while the basics of the pointe technique, different methods, and its history are also discussed. With a handy reference on pointe-related injuries and their remedies, this new edition also offers the latest information on contemporary designs, materials, products, and suppliers. A sampling of pointe technique schools around the country offers an authoritative syllabus for teachers and students alike.


Zusammenfassung
The only book of its kind, rewritten throughout, takes the mystery out of buying and wearing pointe shoes. Includes an intensive look at pointe-related injuries and the relationship between a ballerina and her shoes.

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