The Encyclopedia of World Ballet

This reference work of more than 160 entries focuses on the uniqueness of ballet in the arts and its contribution to the study and appreciation of rhythmic control and the body in motion. Highlighting the most prominent dance companies and choreographers around the globe, the text also contains overviews of dance as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. Specialties of dance—barre training, partnering, pas de deux, child companies, variation, corps de ballet—explain the development of dancers and soloists. The book includes a chronology which follows the sociopolitical changes to classical stage art throughout history. This work will serve general readers and dance enthusiasts from middle school through college as well as professional dancers, company directors, journalists, and arts historians.