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Hilary Knight Joan Crawford as "Letty Lynton" Unused illustration for Laura Jacobs "Glamour, By Adrian" (Vanity Fair, June 2000) Source

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Laura Ann Jacobs, Lost Soles

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Misty Copeland Pirouettes Through Two Books on Dance

Henry Alford’s “And Then We Danced” and Laura Jacobs’s “Celestial Bodies” explore the cultural and personal resonances of the art of movement.

And Then We Danced: A Voyage into the Groove by Henry Alford https://amzn.to/2LVr9jV

Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet by Laura Jacobs https://amzn.to/2yi1AYl 

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"Our dance critic Laura Jacobs is the best writer on ballet there is. So you can bet that her new book, Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet, will be the best primer on ballet there is."―New Criterion "In 12 chapters Jacobs provides readers a whirlwind tour of ballet, effortlessly weaving together history, technique, music, choreography, drama."―Ballet Focus "Whether you are budding balletomane or a lifelong dancer, Celestial Bodies will inspire you to look more closely at our beloved art form-and fall more deeply in love with it."―Pointe Magazine "This sparkling, eloquent book will make going to the ballet a richer experience for both the novice and the passionate." ―Haglund's Heel "According to the artist and critic Alexandre Benois, 'Ballet is perhaps the most eloquent of all spectacles.' This book is one of the most eloquent ever written about it."―Booklist "The author ably explains the technical aspects of ballet, as when she explains that turnout's 'symmetrical torque in the hips engages energy and concentrates it' and in her beautiful description of pas de deux: 'a form of close-up, the theatrical equivalent of the camera's lavish gaze.' 'They're doing choreography,' Danny Kaye sang in White Christmas. As Jacobs demonstrates, however, ballet is so much more."―Kirkus Reviews "Laura Jacobs' Celestial Bodies is original, rich in discovery, and conceived in prose that is as agile and graceful as her subject matter." ―Sascha Radetsky, American Ballet Theatre

"What makes ballet magical? With a brief recap of its origins and a poetic analysis of its positions, Laura Jacobs gives us the benefit of her perceptions over the course of a distinguished career in the audience. For those coming to ballet for the first time-and those of us who have been watching ballet for years-she offers a lesson in appreciation. The best way to watch, she tells us, is "with an open heart." This graceful book is the product of her own heart and her sprightly mind."

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Holly Brubach, award-winning dance historian and cultural critic

"Laura Jacobs' book about the art of ballet, which takes the form of a higher kind of how-to book, is itself a work of art. I would call it perfect, but Jacobs spells out the limits of the ideal of perfection. Better to call it alive, expressive, moving, wise."―

Paul Elie, author of Reinventing Bach