Use and Benefits of Classical Training -- Introduction to Ballet Technique -- Fundamentals for the Ballet Teacher -- Precepts of the Technique -- Lessons
Summary
Ballet: From the First Pli; to Mastery is designed as a complement to a beginning student's ballet training. The book opens with a brief description of the benefits of ballet training to young dancers, and then introduces fundamentals and precepts of the technique. Clear photographs show exactly how to execute each movement. Then an eight-year course is presented, taking the student from age 5 or 6 through the teen years, outlining exactly what is to be taught and how it is to be performed. A glossary, bibliography, and discography close the book. Young girls-and increasingly boys-are d
