Alphabet of Classical Dance: 12th to 19th Century

"Alphabet of Classical Dance" sets out in detail the classes taught in their first three years of study to students at the U.S.S.R's main school of classical ballet, the Vaganova Choreographic School in Leningrad. Many of the greatest dancers of our time are products of the School - Ulanova, Makarova, Baryshnikov, Nureyev - to name but a few, and teachers and their students will find invaluable this detailed exposition of the teaching methods of one of the world's great ballet schools.