Ballet Stars of the Romantic Era Paper Dolls

by Tom Tierney

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the ideals of Romanticism sparked dramatic innovations in dance movement and costume. Ballet, once an art seen principally in court performances, won new audiences among the growing middle classes and became a popular art form. The soaring movements and gestures, the technical virtuosity and dancing "on point," as well as the long tarlatan tutu, flesh-colored tights, and the heelless dance slipper that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486269205
• ISBN13: 9780486269207
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.3" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9