Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover Books on Dance)

On time. Loaded with technical info

A gift for one of my teen grandchildren, who has taken ballet lessons for about 10 years.

I’ve had this book since I was in college; I wanted the most updated version because the first was just so helpful to me in undergrad, and now in grad school & as a teacher I require it as mandatory for my classes!

This book has been the standard bearer in the ballet world for years. The author, Gail Grant operated her ballet school here in Toledo, Ohio. 😊

Good

A really great read for those interested in a more "academic" approach to ballet.

This book is very informational and I love it!

So convenient and easy to ready. It’s pretty much a ballet dictionary for dancers. It breaks down various moves especially if there is more than one definition for it. Very descriptive and the images helps you to match terms to a move. Which is very helpful!

this was a gift that the recipient is very pleased with

I bought second hand, heavy used one. It had been very confusing to had teachers from different schools. But the cute and simple illustration in this book solved my problem specially in the matter of direction and position.The book is nice and mobile. Ballet-language is often french and the phonetic alphabets also helped me.

Pour un francophone, c'est peut-être inutile puisque le vocabulaire de la danse est déjà composé majoritairement de français. Cela reste un lexique très bien fait.

It's really easy to understand even the most complicated of steps and terms with this little gem! I bought it on a recommendation from my teacher for doing my teaching certificate in classical ballet and have no regrets!For every entry it has the term (in French) followed by how to pronounce it phonetically. It then has a translation and detailed explanation on how to execute the exercise. Its compact size makes it easy to have it on hand for every class and I literally cannot recommend it enough!

The ideal addition to the dance library