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Resources

Ballet Vocabulary

CD-ROMS
Ballet is Fun - An interactive CD-ROM Video Dictionary
(click on Showcase, and scroll down to icon for Ballet is Fun)

The Ballet CD-ROM
(both are about $50)

Web Site
American Ballet Theatre , Dictionary of ballet terms

Books
Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet, by Gail Grant
(Paperback, inexpensive, available in Barnes and Noble, some dancewear stores, and other book stores. A “must” for any serious ballet student!)

Classical BalleTechnique, by Gretchen Ward Warren
(big, expensive, fully illustrated, and wonderful!)

The Classic Ballet, by Kirstein, Stuart, Dyer
(recently re-issued in paper back)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet, by Horst Koegler
(Terms, ballets, dancers, choreographers, etc. Great book!)

Basic Principals of Classical Ballet, by Agrippina Vaganova

--compiled by Victoria Leigh, Moderator of our Young Dancers Forum at Ballet Talk