Ballet Spectacular: A Young Ballet Lover’s Guide and An Insight Into A Magical World

Ballet SpectacularThis informative and beautiful book is the perfect reference volume for children who love ballet. Featuring more than 160 stunning color and black-and-white photographs from The Royal Ballet, this masterpiece covers all things ballet. Included are a history of ballet; an overview of basic ballet steps, music, and choreography; a look at The Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School; information about shoes, costumes, and theatres; stories of some of The Royal Ballet’s classical and modern repertory, like Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Alice in Wonderland; profiles of world-renowned dancers; and a helpful glossary. The book offers a unique insight into ballet, as seen through the eyes of The Royal Ballet. mjw
Title: Ballet Spectacular: A Young Ballet Lover’s Guide and An Insight Into A Magical World
Author: Lisa Miles
Illustrator
: Images from The Royal Ballet
Publisher
: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
Copyright
: 2015
Original Language
: English
Original Publisher
: Carlton Books, Limited.  London
Original Copyright
: 2014
ISBN
: 978-0-7641-6745-4
Hardcover pages
: 80
Age range
: 8-14
Genre
: Information book, Nonfiction
Author’s ethnicity
: British
Author’s residence
: England
Subjects
: Ballet, Ballet dancers, Costumes, Dance, Music, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Theatres

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s