"Teaching Beginning Ballet Technique" puts new teachers at ease by explaining exactly what to teach and when and how to teach it. The authors couple ballet pedagogy with motor learning, teaching styles assessment, and instructional strategies to offer valuable insight and advice for teaching...
This title follows the updated International Examination Syllabus by illustrating a selection of exercises for pre-primary through grade five students taught at the Royal Academy of Dancing. Professional preparation is also discussed. Unfortunately, the illustrated instruction assumes a high level...
"School of Classical Dance" is the official textbook of the Vaganova School and takes the reader from the basic concepts of the syllabus to the most complicated exercises taught at the end of the eight-year course. A thorough and logical presentation of the classical vocabulary, from its basic forms...
The lifeblood of ballet is pedagogy, and the performances in which audiences delight are result of the dancers' instruction. To better understand the magical transfer of information and artistry, Warren interviewed ten exceptional teachers. They reperesent different artistic lineages, employ...
More than just a teaching manual "The Art of Teaching Classical Ballet" goes considerably beyond the technical aspects of ballet, and provides a much-needed link between the worlds of the aspiring student and the professional dancer. Finally a sample class for advanced students is given in full. It...
This book is designed for teachers of Russian classical ballet at advanced level. The six lessons detailed in this book are methodically constructed in accordance with the best academic traditions of Russian ballet. Each exercise is clearly laid out to show not only the classical feet and arm...
The more knowledge the dancer - and the dancer's partner and teachers - has about the body as an instrument of artistic expression, the better the dancer. This book introduces the reader to the natural anatomical laws governing human movement and body mechanics, and relates them directly to the...
La danza classica raggiunge il massimo fulgore con il balletto ottocentesco, in cui tocca i più alti livelli di originalità contenutistica, di complessità compositiva e di perfezione formale. Questi risultati sono il frutto di una lenta maturazione avvenuta nel corso del Settecento, quando la...
This introductory textbook looks at anatomy and kinesiology from the dancer's point of view. It begins by setting out the basic structures of the human body - bone, muscle, joints and nervous tissue - and then goes on to show how they interact to form anatomical systems. Finally it considers how...
