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This category includes links to ballet articles, online dictionaries, CD-ROM's, books, movies, combinations, basic ballet, and more.

Resources in This Category

• Ballet Dictionary

  http://www.balletdictionary.com/
  Definitions and pronunciations of technical dance terms, browsable by first letter.

• Ballet Dictionary - American Ballet Theater

  http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
  170 terms from the book "Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet," Dover Publications.

• Ballet in Russia - Magazine Articles

  http://www.aha.ru/~vladmo/digest1.html
  Over 20 articles taking readers through a history of classical Russian ballet.

• Ballet Is Fun CD-Rom

  http://www.balletisfun.com/
  Interactive ballet CD including over 325 dance steps, barre and center technique, all performed by professional ballet dancers.

• Bob Shomler's Ballet and Dance Photo Gallery

  http://www.shomler.com/dance/
  Includes over 700 clear, color ballet photographs from famous ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Coppelia.

• Classical Ballet Beginning to Advanced

  http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/8478.asp
  Online text of 8 levels of ballet syllabi beginning at age 6.

• Dance Photography Project

  http://www.thedancephotographyproject.com/
  Photographer Louis Guillaume's website including over 70 ballet photos of professional dancers. Most are taken during rehearsals.

• Gottfried Helnwein and Hans Kresnik

  http://gottfriedhelnwein.homestead.com/kresnik.html
  Documentation of the collaboration between choreographer Hans Kresnik and his German dance company, and artist Gottfried Helnwein, including Macbeth, Oedipus, Pasolini, Marat and Sade.

• How to Construct a Tutu - Historical and Modern Perspective

  http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art39545.asp
  Reference article including directions to construct a tutu modeled on the long style of the 19th century, and the varying lengths of later trends.

• The Ballet Book Workbook series

  http://www.theballetbook.com/
  Gives teachers and students supplemental materials to reinforce classroom work as students learn ballet.

• The Physics of Dance

  http://web.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/dance/dance_physics.html
  Article pertaining to balancing during pirouettes, jumps, and basic physics vocabulary.

• WebMuseum: Degas, Edgar: Ballet dancers

  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/ballet/
  Online gallery showcasing many of Degas' ballet paintings. Also includes a brief description of art during the period.

 

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