Photographs of young ballet dancers demonstrate warm-up exercises, the first two positions and other simple steps, and working at the barre.

Cecchetti (1850-1928) performed and taught in Russia and with Diaghilev's troupe. Assisted by of one of Cecchetti's star pupils, Stanislas Idzikowski, Cyril Beaumont codified Cecchetti's program for this book, which includes a numbered series of instructions for each exercise in addition to numerous illustrations. 109 black-and-white illustrations.

"Simple text and photographs present ballet dancing, including simple steps"--Provided by publisher.

"Gloria is a young dancer whose boundless determination makes her dream of dancing with the American Ballet Theatre come true"--

Two friends get ready and then dance with their ballet class at a performance where they are the stars of the show.

Introduces ballet and the training of a dancer, and follows a typical professional dancer from a morning class through rehearsals and preparations for going on stage to an evening performance.

Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

"Join Kristyn as she travels to a magical ballet world"--P. [4] of cover.