Dictionary of Ballet Terms

by Janet Sinclair and Leo Kersley

Book Overview

Comprehensive yet conveniently sized for pocket or purse, A Dictionary of Ballet Terms will be a welcome companion at performances--whether in the orchestra or up in "seventh heaven"--and in every other situation involving the exquisite art of ballet.

"The clearest, simplest, and least pretentious guide to classic dance vocabulary that has ever been produced."--Clive Barnes

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306800942
• ISBN13: 9780306800948
• Release Date: March 1979
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

French ballet terms explained

Maybe this is not the book for the serious ballet student - they ought to know all this already - and shame if they do not. But for the ballet fan, the regular theater goer, who is curious - what is this fantastic leap called... and those weird turns. Here are the explanations and handsome drawings, a truly enjoyable volume.