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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784764503321

Autore

Paskevska Anna

Titolo

Getting started in ballet : a parent's guide to dance education / / Anna Paskevska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, USA, , 1997

ISBN

0-19-772799-9

1-282-38422-8

9786612384226

0-19-535364-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

792.8071

Soggetti

Ballet - Study and teaching

Dance schools

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Why Dance?; 2. Dance Training; 3. How to Select a Teacher and School; 4. Progression of Training; 5. What to Wear; 6. Parent and Teacher Relations; 7. Recitals, Demonstrations, and Concerts; 8. Avoiding Injuries; 9. Diet and Eating Disorders; 10. Entering the Profession; 11. Beyond Secondary Education and a Dancing Career; 12. Parenting the Dancer; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many children dream of being a ballerina. Chin raised with purpose, arms high above head, they twirl clumsily around the living room and leap tirelessly in the air. Sooner or later they're bound to say, ""I want to dance."" Now what do you do? How do you know if the time is right? Where's the best place to start? 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 startin