The Manchester College

The pointe book : shoes, training & technique /

Barringer, Janice.

The pointe book : shoes, training & technique / Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton Book Co., c1991. - xiv, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"A Dance Horizons book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

Studies the development of pointe shoes and the technique of pointe dancing, an artistic innovation that allowed female dancers to carry ballet to new heights of virtuosity.

0871271508 (pbk.) : $16.95 0871271516

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Ballet dancing--Juvenile literature.
Ballet slippers--Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancing.
Ballet slippers.

GV1788 / .B37 1990

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