Ballet for dummies /
Speck, Scott,
Ballet for dummies / Scott Speck and Evelyn Cisneros. - xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Part 1: Ballet dancing from the top -- Curtain up! welcome to the ballet -- Stocking the tools of the trade -- Getting toasty: warning up your body -- Leaping into ballet basics -- Music, maestro! -- Part 2: Belly up to the barre -- Basic barre-tending -- Stepping it up at the barre -- Getting a leg up -- Part 3: Center floor, anyone? -- Getting to center floor -- Ballet's Tasmanian devil: the pirouette -- Linking it together: the steps between the steps -- Ground control to ballet dancer -- Getting more air time -- Part 4: Living the ballet life -- Partners aren't just for square dancing -- Exploring choreography -- What the heck are they saying: the art of ballet mime -- Watching ballet in action -- Part 5: The part of tens -- The ten most commonly used ballet steps -- Ten best-loved classical ballets -- Ten great "contemporary" ballets -- The ten best ballet terms for cocktail parties -- Ten fascinating facts about professional ballet dancers.
9781119643104
2019954088
Ballet dancing--Study and teaching.
Ballet--Popular works.
GV1788.5 / .S64
792.8 / Sp318b
Ballet for dummies / Scott Speck and Evelyn Cisneros. - xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Part 1: Ballet dancing from the top -- Curtain up! welcome to the ballet -- Stocking the tools of the trade -- Getting toasty: warning up your body -- Leaping into ballet basics -- Music, maestro! -- Part 2: Belly up to the barre -- Basic barre-tending -- Stepping it up at the barre -- Getting a leg up -- Part 3: Center floor, anyone? -- Getting to center floor -- Ballet's Tasmanian devil: the pirouette -- Linking it together: the steps between the steps -- Ground control to ballet dancer -- Getting more air time -- Part 4: Living the ballet life -- Partners aren't just for square dancing -- Exploring choreography -- What the heck are they saying: the art of ballet mime -- Watching ballet in action -- Part 5: The part of tens -- The ten most commonly used ballet steps -- Ten best-loved classical ballets -- Ten great "contemporary" ballets -- The ten best ballet terms for cocktail parties -- Ten fascinating facts about professional ballet dancers.
9781119643104
2019954088
Ballet dancing--Study and teaching.
Ballet--Popular works.
GV1788.5 / .S64
792.8 / Sp318b