Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover Books on Dance)

Book arrived promptly and in as-described (used) condition.

Good book.

Great book!

I’ve had this book since I was in college; I wanted the most updated version because the first was just so helpful to me in undergrad, and now in grad school & as a teacher I require it as mandatory for my classes!

This book is excellent, detailed, and accurate. However it can sometimes be difficult to locate terms that have multiple names.

Second purchase of this book; MUST have for students (teachers) for accurate ballet terminology.

Buying this for my students was wonderful! I’m so glad that I was able to get all comma with the same color. I can’t wait to distribute these for Christmas. I hope it sparks a love for Ballet that they already have but needs to support them and set them up for success the way it did me.

This book has been a great help to me. I have difficulty remembering the French terms and the movements when I am exposed to them only once or twice in ballet class. With this manual, I can review at home and learn the pronunciation and meaning of the foreign terms. The drawings which illustrate the movements are extremely useful. The different methods of ballet are covered, so no matter which one is taught the book is relevant. My teacher recommended The Technical Manual and I am so glad I bought it.

Pour un francophone, c'est peut-être inutile puisque le vocabulaire de la danse est déjà composé majoritairement de français. Cela reste un lexique très bien fait.

I love books about ballet. Opposite to a real teacher, I need to see the axis of the body, where the feet go, etc. I also have great streaming videos by Mary Helen Bowers (I can only recommend them). But as I was saying, I need clear schematics. Along with them I also need to be able to try out the poses at a ridiculously slow tempo. For me it's necessary, because it allows me to really go deep into the movement. Definitely worth every single penny ⚙️

Es un libro técnico, puro y duro, con una calidad bastante de fotocopia, que no ayuda mucho a entender las posiciones ya que sólo consta de definiciones técnicas, sin ilustraciones It's a very technical book, and the quality is quite photocopy, it doesn't help to understand positions, just technical definitions without illustrations

The ideal addition to the dance library

Nice information in this book, clear positioning of feet and arms and the required names to each movement