On Wings of Joy

by Trudy Garfunkel

In this engaging history of dance, readers are introduced to the major performers, choreographers, and composers who influenced the development of ballet. Beginning with the birth of the art in the sixteenth-century French court of Catherine de' Medici, this informative text traces ballet as it evolved in Europe and Russia and subsequently in England and then America. Included are details about the creation of such classics as Giselle, Swan Lake,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759228620
• ISBN13: 9780759228627
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: eReads.com
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"