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Question: Studying Art of Ballet!.!.!.!.!?
I'm 13 years old and I've taken ballet for 7 years now!. I have a big audition coming up December 6th and I wanna study ballet!. Of course I know how to do it but I wanna study more of the names of each step and what they mean and more of the origin and all that stuff about Ballet!.
also proper things about placement that will help me with my dancing!.

I went to Barnes and Noble and they don't have anything like that!. Where can I go to get a book like that!?
Please help because I would like to start as soon as possible!.
Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
this would probably be your best bet- it's supposed to be really good and list all/most ballet steps and a definition- http://www!.amazon!.com/Technical-Manual-D!.!.!.

i've been reccomended this book a few times-
http://www!.amazon!.com/Ballet-Companion-D!.!.!.

this is supposed to be a good book for pointe-http://www!.amazon!.com/Pointe-Book-Shoes-!.!.!.

here are a couple more i found that look good-


http://www!.amazon!.com/Inside-Ballet-Tech!.!.!.

http://www!.amazon!.com/Wings-Behind-Scene!.!.!.


http://www!.amazon!.com/Principles-Classic!.!.!.

http://www!.amazon!.com/Classical-Ballet-T!.!.!.

i have this one and it's pretty good-http://www!.amazon!.com/Basic-Ballet-Defin!.!.!.

hope this helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com

here's a website that can tell you about the origins and history of ballet:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Ballet

i'm not exactly sure about a book with positions and names!.
but here's a good translation website:
http://www!.freetranslation!.com/
change it to "french to english" then type in a word and click on "free translation!."

sorry i couldn't be much of a help, but good luck! :DWww@QuestionHome@Com

google "abt dictionary" good luck at the audition!Www@QuestionHome@Com