1st Edition

Ballet From the First Plie to Mastery, An Eight-Year Course

By Anna Paskevska Copyright 2002
192 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

First published in 2002. A step by step guide to ballet technique for the beginning dancer, perfect for dancers aged five to fifteen years old or for the adult beginner, this book is designed as a to compliment to a beginning student's ballet training. It opens with a brief description of the benefits of ballet training to young dancers and then introduces fundamentals and precepts of the... Read more
Part 1 Use and Benefits of Classical Training; Chapter 1 Introduction to Ballet Technique; Chapter 2 Fundamentals for the Ballet Teacher; Chapter 3 Precepts of the Technique; Part 2 Lessons; Chapter 4 First Year; Chapter 5 Second Year; Chapter 6 Therd Year; Chapter 7 Fourth Year; Chapter 8 Fifth Year; Chapter 9 Sixth Year; Chapter 10 Seventh Year; Chapter 11 Eighth Year;

Biography

Anna Paskevska is Chair of the Dance Department at the Chicago Academy for Arts. She previously served on the faculties of Indiana University and the University of Louisville, Kentucky. She is the author of Both Sides of the Mirror: The Science and Art of Ballet.