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Classical ballet technique / Gretchen Ward Warren ; photographs by Susan Cook ; foreword by Robert Joffrey.

by Warren, Gretchen Ward.

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University of South Florida Press, c1989.

Ballet dancing.

Ballet dancing -- Pictorial works.

Ballet -- Study and teaching.

9780813009452 (pbk.)

9780813008950 (hc.)

xiii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 383-384.

Theory and tradition -- Basic concepts -- The ideal body structure and proportions for classical ballet dancers -- The ballet class: notes for teachers -- The movements of classical ballet -- Exercises at the barre -- Turns at the barre -- Traditional transfer-of-weight movements -- The method for turning centre barre and petit allegro steps -- The traditional turns of classical ballet -- Turning movements used in adagio -- Linking steps -- Allegro -- Turning steps en l'air -- Batterie -- Pointe work -- Reverence -- Classroom etiquette.

In more than 2,600 photographs dancers demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire from the most basic ballet to the advanced.

Cook, Susan, 1948-

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