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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paskevska, Anna, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballet--Study and teaching.

Ballet.

Dance schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-157) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772799-9

1-282-38422-8

9786612384226

0-19-535364-1

OCLC:

435912136