P. I. Tchaikovsky is considered to be Russia’s great symphonic composer. In his music he achieved a synthesis of the national musical language of Russia and the compositional forms of the western European Romantics. His most famous ballets enjoy a position of honor in the Classical Ballet...
The onset of the First World War and the Russian Revolution of 1917 had drastic consequences for Stravinsky in his Swiss exile: his property was confiscated, and he thereby lost the rights to his works and the associated income, leaving him in a situation which isolated him as an artist. His...
he appointment of successful dancer and choreographer Nacho Duato as artistic director of the Compaňia Nacional de Danza in 1990, marked an innovative departure in the history of this Spanish dance company. The declared aim of those responsible was to create an independent national ballet company....
Stravinsky, who was born in Oranienbaum near St. Petersburg in 1882, moved with his family to Switzerland in 1910. His neo-classical period between the years of 1920 and 1939 is indicated among other things by the dance comedy Pulcinella, which was written in 1919/20, a commedia dell’arte...
Psychological preparation is now recognised as being of key importance in improving sports performance. This book describes performance profiling methods used by coaches and psychologists and exercises and assessments are presented in an accessible| | style. Although based on practical experience,...
Ci sono dimensioni della personalità che differenziano gli atleti dai non atleti? Quali sono gli elementi che motivano alla riuscita e al raggiungimento dell'eccellenza? In che modo il cervello di una persona "motoriamente" esperta si differenzia da quello di una persona inesperta? E vero che...
