[audiobook] Foundation and Form in Jungian Sandplay by Lenore Steinhardt at Arts-Photography

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor more than four hundred years; the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told; Apollorsquo;s Angelsmdash;the first cultural history of ballet ever writtenmdash;is a groundbreaking work. From balletrsquo;s origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under Francersquo;s Louis XIV (himself an avid dancer); the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe; from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St. Petersburg. In the twentieth century; eacute;migreacute; dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe; setting off a new and radical transformation of dance. Jennifer Homans; a historian; critic; and former professional ballerina; wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. Her admiration and love for the ballet; asEntertainment Weekly notes; brings ldquo;a dancerrsquo;s grace and sure-footed agility to the page.rdquo;NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW bull; LOS ANGELES TIMES bull; SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE bull; PUBLISHERS WEEKLY