Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover Books on Dance)

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover Books on Dance)
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.8014
EAN: 9780486218434
ISBN: 0486218430
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
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Editorial Reviews:
From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions that vary from the Russian to the French or Italian schools are also invaluable aids.
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Summary: Great Resource
Comment: This book really helps me learn all the ballet steps and poses. Anyone can read it and understand it. It teaches different styles, such as Cechetti, Russian, etc. I highly recommend it for any ballet lover at any level. This book is an EXCELLENT tool.
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Summary: A Must Have for Dancers
Comment: If you are a learning (or even trained) dancer,, you should definitely buy this book. Teachers- you should keep a copy in your studio library. My old dance teacher introduced me to this dictionary, and I continued to use it in my college dance classes and when I taught dance on my own.

It's small enough to slip inside your dance bag, so you can take it with you to class. It's a fabulous resource for terminology, which is priceless to learning dancers. Because, there's nothing worse than going to a class when the teacher is of a different methodology. This one features several, including the more popular methods, like Cechetti. There are also some drawings to help you understand more clearly.

This book will help you learn all your arabesques, positions, and more.
A great tool!
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Summary: Great tool
Comment: It helped me visualize my eight body positions in order to put them in practice. It also helped me with spelling of different positions.
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Summary: Excellent resource for a more experienced ballet dancer or ballet teacher
Comment: This book best serves those who have had enough experience with ballet to be able to understand the terms within the definitions themselves. Almost all ballet terms in this book contain other ballet terms within the definitions, and pictures are minimal (positions of the feet/arms, body in space, head, stage terms). If the dancer is not familiar enough with ballet terms, technique, and form, then this book can be overwhelming. I recommend this book to all teachers as well as teenagers who are serious about ballet (it's a must have). For younger students (9 years old and up), I recommend any ballet book that contains basic terms as well as pictures showing proper form/execution of these terms (pictures will also include proper alignment and proper turn-out as well as a clear explaination on how to work toward both).
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Summary: For the advanced dancer
Comment: The information is invaluable and an excellent reference at an incredibly low price. But a beginner reading this book would be like reading about myocardial infarctions for someone not knowledgeable in medical terminology (that's a heart attack). It makes sense if you have a grasp on ballet already, but should not be bought as a guide from which to learn ballet. If you are looking for a place to quickly look up a step, and already have a good deal of training, then this is the book for you.
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