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A Child’s Introduction to Ballet (Revised and Updated)

The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance

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Contributors

By Laura Lee

By Meredith Hamilton

Formats and Prices

Price

$12.99

Price

$16.99 CAD

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  1. ebook (Revised) $12.99 $16.99 CAD
  2. Hardcover (Revised) $19.99 $24.99 CAD

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This enchanting introduction to the wonderful world of ballet has been updated to include a removable poster and access to 25 downloadable music tracks.

Young dancers have fallen in love with this charming, illustrated exploration of the world’s great ballets. Featuring twenty-five famous and beloved pieces such as Swan Lake,The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf and Fancy Free, these stories bring iconic performances to life, and inspire readers to listen and dance along to the music that has made them enduring classics.

Woven into these tales is a captivating history of ballet, filled with information and profiles of the world’s greatest dancers, choreographers, and composers. Young readers will also enjoy fun facts and dancing how-tos all while listening to excerpts of classical music. Also included is a removable, fold-out poster depicting the five positions of ballet.

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On Sale
Mar 10, 2020
Page Count
96 pages
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-13
9780762469659

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How to Listen, Download, Dance Along!

Throughout the pages of A Child’s Introduction to Ballet, readers will find notes directing you to music tracks you can enjoy while reading the book.  These tracks are on this webpage. To listen here, just click the button with the track’s number.  To download, navigate to the three dots on the player, click there for the prompt to download.  

These players work best with browsers such as Safari and Google Chrome.  Some older browsers do not play without downloading the file.

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