The Ballet Book

Workbook III of The Ballet Book series is for students ready to discover more academic topics. The nine lessons can be completed from the information found in the workbook. Workbook III discusses ballet history from its beginning through the Petipa era in Russia. It includes biographies of ballet greats of the era and covers nine classic ballets including Giselle, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Workbook III begins discussion of how ballet relates to anatomy, the basics of ballet theory and continued vocabulary development. The Ballet Book series of workbooks was created to give teachers and students supplemental materials to reinforce classroom work. Educationally solid, beautifully illustrated and technically correct, these workbooks are the culmination of over ten years of research and compilation of background material presented.