Tales From The Ballet

Any child dazzled by dance will love this lavishly illustrated collection of nine of the most popular ballet stories, including "Swan Lake, " "The Nutcracker" and "Giselle." Includes notes on the performances. Color illustrations throughout.

A brief history of ballet is followed by synopses of twenty ballets: The Wood Nymphs; Ondine; Billy, the Kid; Graduation Ball; The Firebird; The Sleeping Princess; Petrouchka; Children's Games; Bluebeard; Swan Lake; Prince Igor; Coppelia; Giselle; Rodeo; The Golden Cockerel; The Rite of Spring; The Phantom of the Rose; The Nutcracker; Scheherazade; Fancy Free.

Relates the stories of ten ballets including works by Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Adam, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky.

Retellings of ten of the most loved stories from the ballet.

Outstanding colour illustrations complement the text in this book which brings together favourite classi c ballets such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake and also intr oduces children to less well known ones. '

Presents the stories of ten well-known ballets, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and The Sylph.