Ballet for Dummies

Experience benefits from the practice of ballet

Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you.

Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome technique. Ballet For Dummies is for anyone who wants to enjoy all that the dance forms offers and increase understandings of all that the practice of ballet can help you gain:

More strength
Greater flexibility
Better body alignment
Confidence in movement
Comfort through stress reduction
Infinite grace – for life

From covering the basics of classical ballet to sharing safe and sensible ways to try your hand (and toes) at moving through the actual dance steps, this expert reference shows you how to

Build your appreciation for ballet from the ground up
Choose the best practice space and equipment
Warm up to your leap into the movements
Locate musical options for each exercise
Look for certain lifts in a stage performance
Tell a story with gestures
Picture a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer
Identify best-loved classic and contemporary ballets
Speak the language of ballet

Today you can find a ballet company in almost every major city on earth. Many companies have their own ballet schools – some for training future professionals, and others for interested amateurs. As you fine-tune your classical ballet technique – or even if you just like to read about it – you’ll become better equipped to fully appreciate the great choreography and many styles of the dance.

Ballet For Dummies raises the curtain on a world of beauty, grace, poise, and possibility!