Ballet. Mini-encyclopedia for children. Stories about the theater, ballet school, famous performances. Alexandrova N.A.

Welcome to the amazing world of ballet. We like everything in the ballet. Thin, elegant ballerinas and beautiful, strong dancers. The way they dance is easily, gracefully, boldly, artistic. Music, under which it is difficult to sit calmly, but I want to get up and dance yourself. Colorful scenery, magical theatrical light... Ballet is fraught with a lot of interesting and fascinating. What is exercise? What and how is they taught at a ballet school? How is a ballet performance created? What is described in the plots of famous ballets? What ballets do children take part in? Why do all ballet artists understand the French language? Why are ballerinas often pick up a watering can and a hammer? About this and much more - in the book that is in front of you.

The book will reveal the amazing world of ballet to children: will introduce the work of the theater, tells what and how they teach at the ballet school, how ballet performances are created, and share plots of the most famous productions. Welcome to the amazing world of ballet.

About the author

Natalya Alexandrova connected her life with the dance: she performed, taught, and then gave life as the author and as the leading editor of the publishing house "Planet of music ", Almost fifty books about ballet and various types of dance.