Record details

• ISBN: 0375710779
• ISBN: 9780375710773
• Physical Description: xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
• Edition: 1st Knopf pbk. edition
• Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
• Copyright: ©1980

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1952 ; London : Longmans, 1953.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Classic Ballet: Historical Development / Lincoln Kirstein 3 -- Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology / Muriel Stuart 21 -- Introduction to Basic Technique 21 -- Correct Posture 24 -- Correct Turnout for Beginners 26 -- Centers of Muscular Control 28 -- Part I Exercises at the Bar 31 -- Introduction to Bar Technique 31 -- Five Basic Positions 32 -- Plies 34 -- Battements 40 -- Ronds de Jambe 64 -- Releves 74 -- Part II Exercises in the Center 79 -- Introduction to Center Practice and Adagio 79 -- Basic Positions in the Center (Epaulement) 80 -- Basic Positions of the Body 82 -- Temps Lie 88 -- Port de Bras 92 -- Attitudes 102 -- Arabesques 106 -- Fouette en face en l'air 110 -- Grand Fouette en tournant 112 -- Grand Rond de Jambe en l'air, terminating with Renverse en dehors 114 -- Pirouettes and turning movements 118 -- Linking steps and movements 146 -- Part III Allegro 159 -- Introduction to Allegro 159 -- Jumps 160 -- Beats (Batterie) 216 -- Part IV Dance on Pointes 233 -- Introduction to Dance on Pointes 233 -- Basic Exercises on Pointes 234.

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Ballet.