Books
CICB Books
Extracts
Reference material pertaining to extracts from ballets contained in Cecchetti’s work, prepared by Lynne Fouché and Diane van Schoor
$5.00 CDN + postage; available from htsdken@gmail.com
Thoughts – Volumes 1 & 2 by Richard Glasstone
49 articles written for The Dancing Times, 1997-2000
$35.00 Canadian, including postage – proceeds to CICB
INDEX OF CONTENTS:
PAGE – SOME THOUGHTS ON…
- 1. Syllabi, Systems & Teaching Methods (1998)
- 2. Head movement (1997)
- 3. Teaching Technique (1999)
- 4. The Structure & Pace of a Ballet Class (1999)
- 5. Correcting Ballet Students (1999)
- 6. Turnout – its use and abuse (2000)
- 7-8. Barre Work (1997)
- 9. Cambrer & Pencher (1999)
- 10. Cou-de-pied (1997)
- 11. High Leg Extensions (1999)
- 12-13. Port de bras (1997)
- 14. “Broken Wrists” & “Dropped” Elbows (1999)
- 15. Arcs of Movement (1999)
- 16. Hands (1998)
- 17. Uses of Eye Focus (2000)
- 18. Gesture (1998)
- 19-20. Epaulement (1997)
- 21. Centre Practice (1997)
- 22. Using the Floor (1998)
- 23. Adage (1997)
- 24. Line (1997)
- 25. Transferring Weight (1998)
- 26. Turns (1997)
- 27. Fouetter (2000)
- 28-29. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet (1994)
- 30-31. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Chassés (1995)
- 32-33. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Glissades and a
- word about coupés & also teaching batterie (1995)
- 34. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Demi-Contretemps
- and Pas Failli (1995)
- 35. Terre à terre & Lower Leg Work (1998)
- 36. Assembler (1998)
- 37. Ballon and Ballonné (2000)
- 38. Nurturing True Dance Talent (2000)
- 39. Dalcroze, Eurhythmics & Dance Training (2000)
- 40. Technique, Virtuosity, or Gymnastic Stunts (2000)
- 41. La danse d’école (1999)
Thoughts – Volume ll by Richard Glasstone
13 Articles written for The Dancing Times, 1997-2000
A few copies available for those who have already purchased Vol. l
Price $10.00 – proceeds to CICB
To purchase contact htsdken@gmail.com
Notes for a Dancer
Compiled by Sheila Kennedy
to use in conjunction with the Cecchetti Manuals,
- A Manual of Classical Theatrical Dancing
- The Theory & Practice of Allegro
- The Theory & Practice of Advanced Allegro
- Ryman’s Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terms: Cecchetti
FOR CLASSICAL BALLET TRAINING IN THE CECCHETTI METHOD
- traditional material – compiled by Sheila Kennedy
276 pages – price $50.00 Canadian, plus postage
Notes for a Dancer – orders through your own society or contact Sheila Kennedy htsdken@gmail.com
All proceeds to Cecchetti International – Classical Ballet
Updated Revisions to Notes for a Dancer (1st to 4th editions) – 5 pages
Oct 22, 2011 – Gr._F_Revision_2011
Oct 22, 2011 – Gr._F_Revision_2011
Please send corrections and revisions to htsdken@gmail.com
Betty Oliphant: The Artistry of Teaching
A Series of Ballet Classes by Nadia Potts
DanceForms Illustrations by Rhonda Ryman
DanceForms Illustrations by Rhonda Ryman
Published by Dance Collection Danse Press/es
Author Nadia Potts, former National Ballet of Canada principal dancer, was a student of Betty Oliphant’s for over a decade. Before her death, Oliphant spent five years recording her unique approach to ballet training in collaboration with Potts. Descriptions of the classes are accompanied by DanceForms figures, which serve to clearly illustrate the exercises. Oliphant’s views, observations and insights about teaching are offered along with a collection of captivating photographs.
EXCERPT by Nadia Potts
Betty Oliphant created the following ballet classes for Grade 10 boys and girls at the National Ballet School of Canada in 1990, near the end of her sixty-year teaching career. These are the first five of a series of twenty classes that Miss Oliphant and I selected from the numerous notebooks of her lesson plans dating from as early as 1955 up to 1993 when she retired. The students who would have taken these classes were between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, and most of them still had an additional two to three years of training to complete. Many had joined the National Ballet School in Grade 5 where the first level of ballet training was offered.
Contact: talk@dcd.ca
