Recommended Resources

Cecchetti – A Ballet Dynasty makes a significant contribution to an international resurgence of interest in Enrico Cecchetti as a teacher and artist.

The intention in devising this volume has been to provide a substantial resource to assist future exploration of de Valois’ life and work.

A collection of exercises for dancers, to be performed lying on the floor…

The viewer is taken on a journey through 3 sample classes at different technical levels, preceded by a warm-up section.

A brief history of Maestro Enrico Cecchetti, famous dancer, mime and ballet master, showing his great influence on the 20th Century dance world.

Written with the full co-operation of the Royal Ballet School, this book is designed as an introduction to the structure of classical ballet technique.

This dictionary aims to prevent confusion by explaining the precise meanings of over 560 of the French technical terms used in classical ballet.

The achievements of the teacher and choreographer Dai Ailian are not well known in the west. Here is her story, set in the wide social and historical context it deserves.

For a young boy to make up his mind to become a dancer is no easy matter.

This well-documented biography records the life of Dulcie Howes whose ambition was focused on the single-minded pursuit of the goal she had set for herself…

The Cecchetti Legacy provides a more detailed account of the Cecchetti Method, one of the great classical methods of teaching ballet, than has yet been published

Written by a physicist with professional dance training, Physics and the Art of Dance explains how dancers can achieve better, safer performances through an understanding of physics in motion.

These memoirs give a revealing picture of one of the most important figures in the history of classical ballet.

A program of exercises, devised and presented by Nicole Vass and performed on the floor.