Getting Started in Ballet: A Parent's Guide to Dance Education - Hardcover

Paskevska, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0756763142 ISBN 13: 9780756763145

Publisher: Diane Pub Co, 1997

Synopsis

In Getting Started in Ballet, Anna Paskevska draws from her training at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School in London, and her career as a professional dancer and teacher to offer a step-by-step introduction to dance education for parents with children starting ballet. Written in a clear and accessible style, this helpful book gives valuable advice on all aspects of dance education including information on how to select the right teacher and school; the ideal progression of training for ballet, modern dance, jazz, and tap; descriptions of training methods used by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and others; advice on diet and eating disorders; tips on avoiding injuries; and includes an appendix of performing arts schools and dance programs throughout the United States and Canada.

About this title

About the Author

Anna Paskevska is Chair of the Dance Department at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Diane Pub Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756763142
• ISBN 13: 9780756763145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162