Mime
in Ballet - a
stunning and unique new book
by
Beryl Morina
A4
size, hardback with 144 pages.
ISBN 0-9539358-0-9
This
is a must for teachers, dancers, students, and ballet enthusiasts.
- Foreword
by Sir Anthony Dowell CBE
- Introduction
by Richard Glasstone
- Photography
by Maddie Attenborough
- Illustrations
by Michael Hevesi
The book
focuses on 20 graduated studies in Classical Gesture as used in Balletic
Mime, culminating in a detailed description of Carabosse and the Lilac
Fairy from the Prologue to the Sleeping Beauty. These are illustrated
by 328 specially commissioned photographs of Muriel Valtat (Royal
Ballet 1st Soloist) and Michael Raynaud (English National Ballet),
providing an important source of information for both teachers and
dancers.
This wide-ranging book is suitable for those of all ages and
abilties from young children to professional dancers.
"A
new ilustrated book now illuminates the ways of body language long
suppressed. Beryl Morina's "Mime
in Ballet" enters the linguistic
breach and has recorded the most important dialogue in the world literature
of ballet and gives exhaustive commentary. Here, talk is accompanied
through all the rules of the dancing art: with fingers, feet and forehead.
Study "Mime
in Ballet"
- and ballet will again speak to you in a thousand words".
Franz Anton Cramer, Ballet Tanz International
"I
highly recommend this guide to the art of mime".
Sir
Anthony Dowell CBE, Director of The Royal Ballet
"An
excellent work"
Dame
Antoinette Sibley DBE, former Principal Ballerina of The Royal
Ballet
"Clear,
concise and beautifully illustrated. This book is a must for anyone
seriously interested in classical ballet."
Sir
Peter Wright CBE,
former Director of Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal
Ballet
"This
book is particularly welcome in that it will help preserve for future
generations something of a tradition which could otherwise be lost.
The detailed descriptions of each gesture is amplified by the clarity
of the many photographs providing an important source of information
for both teachers and dancers"
Richard
Glasstone, former Senior Teacher for Boys at The Royal Ballet
School (White Lodge)
"Beryl Moringa's
book, Mime in Ballet, is more than welcome. Mime, so wonderful when
done with conviction and stagecraft, is rapidly becoming a hopelessly
lost art, often simply deleted from the original text of classical
works, or performed without conviction. It is wonderful to have a
book which describes so lovingly and in so much detail the elements
that go to make up believable mime --- Thank you, Beryl!"
Maina Gielgud, former Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet
and Boston Ballet
