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The thinking dancer : working at the barre / by Finis Jhung, Noriko Naraoka & Dennis Diamond.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Thinking dancer
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballet dancing--Study and teaching.
- Ballet dancing.
- Ballet.
- Instructional films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 min.).
- Other Title:
- Working at the barre
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ballet Dynamics Inc, c1995.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Take it, teach it, or simply watch it"”viewers say this video is mesmerizing. It's the barre to end all barres. In detail, Finis answers all the questions teachers and students has asked for years: what is the dancer's relationship with the barre; what are the exercises supposed to accomplish; what muscles do you use and when; how do you breathe; what about "pull-up;" how do you keep from "tensing up;" what should you be thinking during each exercise? Learn new, effective ways to do traditional exercises. Geared towards today's dancer, who must perform a variety of dancing styles, this barre is unique in structure, the order of exercises, and the choice of movements, tempo, and dynamics.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from landing page (Alexander Street Press Dance in Video) website (viewed Dec. 6, 2011).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Performed Ballet Hispanico of New York
- Recorded New York, NY 0000.
- OCLC:
- 780479985
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