My Ballet Book by Kate Castle

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My Ballet Book by Kate Castle

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Zusammenfassung

This guide to the basic movement and poses of ballet covers everything from stage make-up and costumes, to how to curtsey and bow. Photographs guide beginners through ballet sequences. Details on a typical day in the life of a professional dancer are included.

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My Ballet Book by Kate Castle

My Ballet Book invites you to experience the magical world of ballet and the life of a dancer. Step-by-step photographs featuring dancers from English National Ballet School show the five basic ballet positions as well as techniques involved in performing classical steps such as jumps arabesques and pirouettes. Moving from studio to stage My Ballet Book then takes you behind the scenes of English National Ballet's magical production of The Nutcracker. See the dancers apply their makeup and be fitted into their costumes; be captivated by the enchanting scenery of the Land of Snow and Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy and meet characters such as Clara the Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy. Read the stories of well-known ballets such as Giselle The Sleeping Beauty Swan Lake and Coppelia and find out about some of the world's best-loved dancers from Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky to Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780751358438
ISBN 10 0751358436
Titel My Ballet Book
Autor Kate Castle
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1998-10-08
Seitenanzahl 64
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.