Ballet Library
Meet the Dancers: From Ballet, Broadway, and Beyond
Lots of kids enjoy dancing, but what motivates them to push past the sore muscles, early-morning technique classes, and crazy schedule required to become a professional dancer? In this book, dancers from many backgrounds talk about their different paths to success in ballet, modern, jazz, Broadway, and hiphop. They also share advice and helpful tips, [...]
The Ballet Book: The Young Performer’s Guide to Classical Dance
Ballet is one of the world’s loveliest and most demanding art forms, requiring both grace and athleticism. It has a rich history and continues to attract ambitious and dedicated students all over the world. “The Ballet Book” is produced in conjunction with Toronto’s National Ballet School and is a [...]
Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage
Pauline, was rescued from a shipwreck as a baby. She longs to be an actress. Petrova, is a Russian orphan. She is happiest when playing with cars and engines. Polly was handed over with just a pair of ballet shoes to her name. If she could, she would dance all day! But one thing they [...]
American Ballet Theatre: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective
Ballet fans worldwide will cherish this beautiful photographic retrospective of the last 25 years of the American Ballet Theatre. Featuring more than 120 black-and-white photographs and more than 50 color photographs, this book captures the historic moments in a troupe whose performances have been described by the New York Times as “a marathon of glorious [...]
Sophie’s Flight of Fancy #4
Mid-semester brings with it the results of the girls’ appraisals, and though every student at The Royal Ballet School is talented, not everyone has what it takes to go all the way. Although Ellie passes her appraisal with flying colors, everyone at school is tense with worry that one [...]
Step-By-Step Ballet Class: Illustrated Guide to the Official Ballet Syllabus
This completely new edition of the Royal Academy of Dancing’s Step-By-Step Ballet Class features the very latest international examination syllabus. It presents a comprehensive selection of exercises taken from each of the examination grades, beginning with Pre-Primary and working up to Grade Five, the most advanced. Excellent sequential drawings and [...]
Lili at Ballet
Lili loves to dance, and dreams of becoming a ballerina. In her ballet class she does stretches, works at the barre, and learns the five classical dance positions that are the basics for the roles she may dance when she is older. Enhanced by delicate watercolor illustrations, this lovely book is the perfect introduction for [...]
Ballet and Modern Dance
Whether as performers or as spectators, more people enjoy dance today than ever before. Its extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap, and ethnic dancing. Anyone with an interest in dance has felt the need for a guide to the art’s rich history and complex present state. [...]
