The Green Table: Labanotation, Music, History, and Photographs (Language of Dance Series) [Hardcover]

Ann Hutchinson Guest (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415942551 | ISBN-13: 978-0415942553 | Publication Date: December 13, 2002 | Edition: 1

* Score, photographs, and production details of one of this century's best-loved ballets * Includes rare archival material * Packaged with audio CD This work brings together the complete dance score of The Green Table--one of the most famous ballets of the 20th century--in Labanotation, along with music notation for the piano accompaniment and a complete recording of the accompaniment on CD. It also includes several essays about the work and its genesis, and many historic production photographs. This book is an important item for all colleges with dance programs to own in their libraries and for scholars interested in the study of contemporary dance.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415942551
• ISBN-13: 978-0415942553
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,388,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable to the professional, fascinating to the amateur, June 4, 2007

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D. Chiapello (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Green Table: Labanotation, Music, History, and Photographs (Language of Dance Series) (Hardcover)

First, a disclaimer: My interest in this book is as a ballet-goer and amateur musician, so I have nothing to offer about the Labanotation. But I found the history of the ballet intriguing, and the rehearsal notes and photographs helped recapture memories of past performances. The rehearsal music consists of a piano solo reduction from the 2 pianos/4 hands performance score. Though I had been vaguely hoping to see the original score, the solo version certainly facilitates my playing the music for my own enjoyment. The CD recording of the solo score is well-played, but the instrument appears to be an out-of-tune upright set in the middle of a dance studio. Quite a disappointment. I'd have thought that a decent concert grand and passable sound engineering would have been considered essential - and not hard to come by - for this important project. But I realize this book is aimed at professionals in the field of dance, who would probably find my criticisms less germane to the intended purpose of the book.