Authors:Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger,  David Ho
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: technique, second, training, shoes, book, pointe
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-06-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 087127261X
ISBN-13: 9780871272614

This guide provides a thorough examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benefit from research that illuminates the shoemaking process and tips that show how to best fit, care for, and custom order their shoes. Interviews with ballet stars Martine van Hamel and Darci Kistler reveal their highly evolved but proven methods of caring for pointe shoes. The basics of the pointe technique, different pointe methods, and the history of pointe are discussed. A handy reference on pointe-related injuries and their remedies is include

Author: Eric Franklin
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: posture, balance, men, women, flexibility, strength, power, mind, exercises, pelvic
Number of Pages: 127
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0871272598
ISBN-13: 9780871272591

Combining scientific principles with movement and imagery exercises that are both effective and fun, this book demonstrates how to create a stronger body by toning the pelvic floor. Focusing on the biomechanics of the pelvic floor, which acts as a support for the inner organs and contains a passage for the urethra, the sex organs, and the rectum, this guide shows how the pelvic floor plays an important role in almost all movements, balance, and body posture. The exercises train the muscles and joints and improve the tone of the organs, thereby increasing energy flow, eliminating incontinence,

Author: Eric Franklin
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: strength, exericse, health, beauty, imagery, using, focus, outer, inner
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0871272881
ISBN-13: 9780871272881

The mental technique of imagery—demonstrated, for example, when a dancer pictures a sunflower reaching toward the sun as he/she stretches upward—is thoroughly explained in this guide to daily stress-relieving routines. Movement, coordination, flexibility, and posture are discussed as external characteristics that can be improved significantly with a strong inner focus, and the same conclusion is reached in chapters on the benefits of good mental health for circulation, breathing, and even individual body cells. Practical advice proceeds from this background information, including

Author: Dr. Terry L. Spilken
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: book, horizons, dance, dancer, foot
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 1990-10-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0916622967
ISBN-13: 9780916622961

A complete guide to the common foot injuries of dancers in ballet, modern, jazz and aerobic dance. Includes information for dance students (including young children), professionals, and teachers. Covers basic foot anatomy and has an alphabetical listing of injuries with recommended treatments.

Author: Mabel Todd
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: thinking
Number of Pages: 314
Published: 1980-06-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0871270145
ISBN-13: 9780871270146

A classic study of physiology and the effect of psychological processes on movement that has a mind/body approach, which makes it a favorite of dancers.

Author: Lynne Fauley Emery
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: dance, black
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1989-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0916622630
ISBN-13: 9780916622633

A complete history of black dance forms, this book explores folk, ballet, jazz, tap, Broadway/Hollywood, disco, and breakdancing. An ultimate research tool, it includes portraits of hundreds of important black dancers and choreographers.

Author: Valerie Grieg
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Keywords: ballet, fiction, class, fact, separating, technique, inside, anatomical
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1994-05-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0871271915
ISBN-13: 9780871271914

A Dance Book Club main selection, this guide offers a general explanation of anatomy, kinesiology, and technique for ballet dancers, students, and teachers.