Product Details

• Actors: Rosemary Boross
• Producers: Dennis Hedlund
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 155 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009WIDY4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,645 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Visual Dictionary of Ballet For Children / Rosemary Boross" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This 2 ½ hr. DVD contains a complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come. It includes the definitions of terminology, basic technique, movements and steps the beginner student will need to know. With detailed visual instruction on how to execute all of the movements, positions and steps. The class is performed at 2 levelsfor beginner and advanced beginner student. As the class is taught, the terminology of the movements and steps are recited to help familiarize and reinforce the use of terminology in the ballet class. This 2 ½ hr. DVD contains a complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come. It includes the definitions of terminology, basic technique, movements and steps the beginner student will need to know. With detailed visual instruction on how to execute all of the movements, positions and steps. The class is performed at 2 levelsfor beginner and advanced beginner student. As the class is taught, the terminology of the movements and steps are recited to help familiarize and reinforce the use of terminology in the ballet class. The Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children is broken down into 4 chapters: Chapter 1 - The Dictionary of Ballet Technique ( Positions, of the arms feet and body, including the basic techniques of ballet). Chapter 2 - The Dictionary of Barre Work (Visual instruction on the execution of barre movement and steps). Chapter 3 - The Dictionary of Center Work (Visual instruction on the execution of steps done center floor). Chapter 4 - The Class ( Includes all of the steps movements and techniques from Chapters 1,2 and 3 assembled into a class) Program creator Rosemary Boross’ dance career includes performance with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City Ballet, and the American Dance Machine. Visual demonstrations by Rosemary Boross’ students from The Ballet Pacifica Conservatory.Inspiring ballet class music by Rory Foster from aquariansound.com

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andromeda, February 8, 2006

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This review is from: Visual Dictionary of Ballet For Children / Rosemary Boross (DVD)

I found this video very useful in terms of showing how dance steps should be executed. The children used were all very intense in their performances. Some of them didn't dance perfectly, but they made honest efforts to strive for the perfection required by ballet. For students who need to see how dance terminology should look, this is a good reference. It starts from learning how to stand to actually dancing in groups in center combinations of pirouettes, jetes, developpes, and so on, with some groups being more advanced than others to illustrate how the basics must be learned before more advanced and more lengthly dance combinations are tried. The film is slow enough to watch the dancers as they cambre, point their toes, do their port de bras and generally move around proportionately in groups, which is important in terms of dancing together with other students. I especially thought the 2-disk set was very comprehensive and easy to navigate, in order to study various aspects of the process of learning to dance. Although it only shows young children, and rightly so, because it is necessary to start this type of training from the beginning and young children especially would gain much from these serious examples, I would recommend this video to students of any level and any age who want to improve their knowledge ballet technique in order to dance better.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD, October 18, 2005

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This review is from: Visual Dictionary of Ballet For Children / Rosemary Boross (DVD)

I'm an adult ballet dancer, and I loved it. This DVD is perfect for children and adults.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly met my expectation, December 22, 2008

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Chu Mei Yan Georgina "Chinese Yogi" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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The contents in this visual dictionary are no doubt extremely practical and useful for an adult Ballerina like me. The narrator's voice is soothing and the DVD menu is clear and straight-forward. It serves as great reference tool when I have any doubt of executing certain moves properly.