Ballet Beginnings for Children: Pre-School Movement Fundamentals for Ages 3 and 4 (Ballet Beginnings for Children)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
• Published by: Princeton Book Company January 1, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 087127289X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0871272898
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 4 ounces

Product Description
Exercises that assist basic motor development are at the core of this guide for dance teachers who prepare very young children for ballet classes. Teaching strategies are organized around a complete lesson plan for a Fantasy Garden pre-ballet class that includes warm-up exercises, creative movement, center work, and work across the floor. Children dance the parts of garden-dwelling characters such as Skippy the Squirrel and Plié the Poppy as well as Galloping Green Grasshoppers and Marching Marigolds, learning to keep their bodies disciplined even as their imaginations run wild. Photographs of children demonstrating movements are included, along with reproducible coloring pages, further ideas for games and props, and two audio CDs of music composed expressly for the Fantasy Garden lesson.  The audio CDs are "A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class, Volume I "(60 minutes) and "A Fantasy Ballet Class, Volume II" (43 minutes).

About The Author
Rosemary Boross is a dance teacher who presents workshops and seminars nationwide. She is the creator of videos such as Dancing for Kids, Fantasy Garden Ballet Class I, Fantasy Garden Ballet Class II, I'm a Ballerina Now, and The Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children. She lives in Irvine, California.


Reader Reviews
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