A history of the development of ballet from the origins of dance through the 20th century.

Traces the development of dance's basic components, choreography, gesture, music, costume, and scenery, and discusses the backgrounds of the most important ball

This is the story of the National Ballet of Canada – the people, the determination, and how at sixty it is still creating new work while still representing th

“A lucid and interesting history” of ballet—from sixteenth-century French Royalty to contemporary masters—“that reads like a novel” (Kirkus Reviews)