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Round About the Ballet

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The photographs are dazzling, with enough stylistic variance to remain interesting start to finish. The book offers a unique portrait of each dancer, instead of feeling like the same canned interview over and over. Coffee tablery at its finest. It can be either something simply pretty to look at or something interesting to read, or both.

I have been going to the ballet seriously for 35 years. Nothing gets into the heart and soul of dancers the way this book does. And the photographs of the fifteen individual dancers simply take the breath away -- especially the one on the cover.

The stars of top New York City ballet companies have been selected by dance photography Roy Round for profile in Round About The Ballet, a visual treat and an effort to capture the movements and artistry of ballet in photo book format. But Round About The Ballet isn't just visuals alone: interviews with the dancers probe their achievements, lives, and dancing challenges alike, covering such diverse topics as how ballet competitions have changed their lives, how associations with particular companies have influenced their dancing styles, and both physical and psychological dancing challenges. A 'must' for any serious dancer, especially for fans of ballet.

I've always been a fan of Roy Round's pictures. I never imagined text could rival their command of my attention, but these interviews are fabulous.

If you can't find out what you want to know about these dancers by chatting with them over lunch, reading these interviews is almost as good.

Mr. Round's beautifully diverse photographs compliment Mr. Carman's revealing, behind-the-curtain interviewing style wonderfully. William Cubberley has done a magnificent job putting this together. It was a great holiday gift.

Truly amazing book for anyone interested in these stars! The photographs are beautiful! The Interviews are amazing! It's just a really well put together book! I got it today for Christmas and have already finished reading it because it is so good!

This book is easily one of my favorite books. For the true Balletomane, this book is a MUST! And for the rest of the world I also highly reccommend it.
The Photographs by Roy Round are MAGNIFICENT! The grain, (clarity), is something seldom seen in the world of ballet photography where it is so diffucult to photograph the suject in a moving or semi-moving position or even in a "posed" photograph.
With all of his subjects, and he chooses several contemperary dancers including Nikolaj Hubbe, Julie Kent, Angel Corella, Wendy Whelan and my favorite in this book, Ethan Stiefel, the color saturation, (the natural look of color), is BEAUTIFUL!
My best advice to you, dear Reader, is run don't walk to Amazon to buy this GREAT book! The cover alone is worth the price of admission. And what follows between the boards will simply amaze you.
Gary R. Brown

If you have a friend who loves ballet or just love it yourself, this is the book to get. Look no further!
The photography is beautiful and the interviews by Joseph Carman are superbly written.
This is THE holiday gift for any lover of the dance!

This item was purchased for someone else, but she LOVED it. The book was in excellent condition.