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Dance books: Ballet

Dance is fast becoming one of Canada’s most beloved past times. “Dance Books” are a series of lists focusing on various dance genres. Ballet originated in Renaissance Italy, but didn’t truly thrive until it was later brought to France by Catherine de Medici. The revival period was in the 1800s when it was brought to Russia, and since has seen massive globalization.

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Ballet
Robin Rinaldi. --
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The American Ballet Theatre
text by Elizabeth Kaye ; foreword by Clive Barnes.
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The Joffrey Ballet School's ballet-fit
Dena Simone Moss, Allison Kyle Leopold ; with photographs by Steve Ladner.
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The ballet book
Darcey Bussell with Patricia Linton.
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Karen Kain
with Stephen Godfrey and Penelope Reed Doob.
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Meet the dancers
Amy Nathan. --
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Ballet
Anna Paskevska.
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Ballet 101
Robert Greskovic.
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Teaching beginning ballet technique
Gayle Kassing, Danielle M. Jay.
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The parent's book of ballet
Angela Whitehill and William Noble ; foreword by Amanda McKerrow ; introduction by David Howard.
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