100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School [Paperback]

Vera S. Kostrovitskaya (Author), Oleg Briansky (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2004

The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Makarova, including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher, scholar, or student of the dance can afford to miss. "A serious, indeed indispensable, textbook." -Clive Barnes

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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Limelight Editions; 5 edition (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879100680
• ISBN-13: 978-0879100681
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Dance > Ballet
  • #6 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Russian

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88 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous Teaching Tool, January 29, 2000

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Dee Piccolo (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School (Paperback)

"100 Lessons" will give any ballet teacher, new or seasoned, incredible insight into building technically secure dancers. The book details eight years of lesson plans each building on one another and could either be used to develop one's own syllabus or as a wealth of ideas from which to create lesson plans. I highly recommend this invaluable source to all teachers and studio owners.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 9, 2001

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This review is from: 100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School (Paperback)

This book is very good about giving ideas on what to teach from the beginning ballet technique up to advanced levels. From the ideas one can formulate a class and know that it follows a syllabus and will develop the student appropriately. It is a good book to use as a guide and I recommend it for that.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, March 17, 2007

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RFN (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School (Paperback)

I cannot say enough good things about this book. I studied ballet for about twelve years when I was young and was asked to offer a ballet club in my school in the fall. This book lays out, class by class, how to train young dancers effectively. Included are photographs of correct positions and technique so even though my own is a little rusty I am able to show my students illustrations of what they will hope to achieve especially since my turn out has never been that great. I am happy to say that the class attracted boys as well as girls in my inner-city school and that a few of the children have convinced their parents to enroll them in a dance school due to their diligence and the interest they demonstrated in the ballet club.