Deborah Bull Livres

Lose weight, tone your body and boost your zest for life with this practical programme which demonstrates how the only way to lose weight permanently is to combine a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet with the right type of exercise. Clear explanations of how to work with the body to lose weight, without counting calories, allow the reader to formulate their own perfect fitness programme. Easy-to-follow guidelines and inspirational menu ideas outline the basic components of a healthy diet, and there are plenty of suggestions for nutritious breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners.

The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from Giselle and Swan Lake to Cinderella and Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and Balanchine. Features include: - plot summaries - an analysis of each ballet's principal themes - useful background and historical information - a unique, behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view Dip in at random or trace the development of dance from cover to cover. Written by former Royal Ballet principal Deborah Bull and leading dance critic Luke Jennings, this ever popular Faber Pocket guide is a must for all ballet-goers - regulars and first-timers alike.

Offers a portrait of a dancer's every day. This title presents the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating work, the nervous tension of the half hour call, the pressures of performance and the anti-climax of curtain down.