Informative- By: , 02 Jul 1999 Two years ago, we purchased this book for our son for his 16th birthday for several reasons. The major two were that his own ballet teacher -- Larry Long -- was one of the teachers written aboutin the book. Also, he had taken classes with the author one summer, loved her as a teacher, & continually referred to her previous book -- Classical Ballet Technique. After we purchased the book, he discovered that several teachers with whom he had either taken classes or about whom he had heard were also coveredin the book. He enjoyed the book because of the biographies of each of the teachers & because of the descriptions of their techniques & classes. He assumes that if he ever teaches he will enjoy rereading the book to see the information from a different perspective. We, his parents, have enjoyed it because we have little knowledge of the world of ballet & it gave us more insight into it. Of course, our favorite chapter was the one about his teacher as we learned more of his background, many of the people we knew were mentioned, it gave us greater insight into his teaching style, & the pictures were great. However, the other chapters were very informative & helpful to parents of a serious ballet student. (Since we had no backgroundin ballet, it helped us understand the field a little more.)
