This book includes chapters on: Asking the Why Question and the What; Ballet Front and Center; A Romantic Notion; Some Things to Do; Just What Is So Russian About Russian Ballet?; The Nutcracker; Just What Is So Modern About Modern Dance?; The Dreaded Chapter on Aesthetics; Out of the Melting Pot Something New; Just What Is So African About American Dancing?; Attending a Performance and Writing About it; Abstraction or Expression?; and Quizzes.