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Ballet For Dummies
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Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome technique. Ballet For Dummies is for anyone who wants to enjoy all that the dance forms offers – as an onlooker who wants to get a leg up on the forms you’re likely to see or as an exercise enthusiast who understands that the practice of ballet can help you gain* More strength* Greater flexibility* Better body alignment* Confidence in movement* Comfort through stress reduction* Infinite grace – for life From covering the basics of classical ballet to sharing safe and sensible ways to try your hand (and toes) at moving through the actual dance steps, this expert reference shows you how to* Build your appreciation for ballet from the ground up.* Choose the best practice space and equipment.* Warm up to your leap into the movements.* Locate musical options for each exercise.* Look for certain lifts in a stage performance.* Tell a story with gestures.* Picture a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer.* Identify best-loved classic and contemporary ballets.* Speak the language of ballet. Today you can find a ballet company in almost every major city on earth. Many companies have their own ballet schools – some for training future professionals, and others for interested amateurs. As you fine-tune your classical ballet technique – or even if you just like to read about it – you’ll become better equipped to fully appreciate the great choreography and many styles of the dance. Ballet For Dummies raises the curtain on a world of beauty, grace, poise, and possibility!
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Additional information
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons (17 Oct. 2003) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 384 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0764525689 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0764525681 |
| Dimensions | 18.39 x 2.39 x 23.01 cm |
by Elaine
A good reference for a beginner. The humour can be funny, descriptive but sometimes a little annoying. This is an overview of all aspects of ballet.
by Yoga Bird
Will this book teach you how to do ballet? No. No book would be able to teach such a complex skill. What this book does, is go through various aspects of ballet technique, terminolgy and conventions (eg dress, class structure) It is a great all round guide to ballet, and a good support to someone starting ballet classes, or looking to start. It breaks through the mysterious cliques that many percieve there are in the ballet world, and make ballet an approachable and attainable form of excercise and entertainment.
by Amaia
Useful but not easy to understand for a complete beginner. Definitely not for someone that is not taking ballet classes
by loo
Ballet mad daughter enjoyes flicking through and reading new bits of info. Thought i was calling her ballet skills at first
by o.meacham
Bought book as started a ballet group for older people and wanted to understand terms used. Book easy to read and understand. Promptly arrived after purchasing, liked how it explained in detail what things meant, this proved useful.
by SKF
it helped me a lot with my ballet good value and very amusing. Olyvia aged 12
by Mrs. Sue Dinwoodie
Its good, but a bit American.
Useful tips
My daughter now at Grade 6 has read it and refers to it when need be
by susan harding-smith
Brilliant manual to work from to help with my ‘adult ballet’