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Ballet

Bussell, Darcey. Book - 2000 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Youth level.
Includes index.
To all young dancers -- Getting ready for class -- Starting ballet -- Basic positions -- Plies and releves -- Battement tendu - Battement foudu -- Further exercises -- Stretching and strengthening -- Using your arms -- Classical ballet poses -- Arabesques -- Linking movements -- Pirouettes -- First jumps -- Bigger jumps -- On your toes -- Advanced pointework -- Pas de deux -- Folk and character dancing -- Mime and makeup -- Preparing for a performance -- My life as a ballet dancer - Other dance forms -- Choreography -- Going to the ballet -- Useful addresses -- Details of a selection of ballets.
The author, a professional ballerina, introduces the art of ballet, from the basic positions, poses, jumps, and exercises to folk and character dancing, makeup, choreography, and perfoming on stage.

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DK superguides.



PUBLISHED
New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0789454297 :

SUBJECTS
Ballet.