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Ballet for dummies / Scott Speck and Evelyn Cisneros.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2020Description: xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119643104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • Sp318b 792.8
LOC classification:
  • GV1788.5 .S64
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Main Library Circulation Section CIR 792.8 Sp318b 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1-1 Available 028225
Books Books Main Library Circulation Section CIR 792.8 Sp318b 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1-2 Available 028228

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.

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