An introduction to ballet features facts on the dance discipline's history, basic steps, costumes, and famous dancers, and includes details of iconic performances from the Royal Ballet.

Dance your way to a magical adventure with Barbie as Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams! When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend, Hailey, are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world. There, Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favorite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen. With performances to the legendary Giselle and Swan Lake ballets, it's a wonderful journey where if you dance with your heart,...

A story that follows the everyday life of two girls, one a professional ballerina, the other a student, both of whom love ballet.

Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century, who often led double lives as concubines, through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers in the 1800's and the anorexic and bulimic ballerinas of George Balanchine, starvation and exploitation have plagued ballerinas throughout history. Using...

A challenging, but not exhausting ballet workout that will not only help you create the body you have always wanted, but also will help in the mental transformation. An elegant way to tone and reshape your body with the beauty of dance, a wonderful way to achieve a lithe, supple body, improve your carriage, and attain the look and grace of a professional dancer. Since this is gradual physical conditioning, you need not already be in shape to benefit....

Text and photographs illustrate ballet movements.

Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.

Photographs, captions, callouts, and text provide an interactive introduction to ballet, covering stretching, the five basic positions, and more complicated moves.

Every Friday at school there's an assembly with announcements and maybe a guest. Then one of the kids gets to do something for the whole school. A performance. Today it's John's turn; what will he do?

A history of ballet provides plot synopses of famous ballets and introduces the language, steps, and costumes of the dance. Woven into these tales is a captivating history of ballet, filled with information and profiles of the world's greatest dancers, choreographers, and composers. Young readers will also enjoy fun facts and dancing how-tos all while listening to excerpts of classical music.