Ballet for Dummies
by Scott Speck, Evelyn Cisneros

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Book Review: Genuinely accessible to Dummies
Summary: 4 Stars

The one downside I found was that the book almost never gives you information on how to get OUT of any positions, for example the "developpe" bringing your leg out in front/side/back and then the instructions end with you balanced on one leg with the other stuck out in the air. There is no information on how you might then proceed to the next step in a sequence. The pictures can sometimes be a couple of pages away from the text too, I guess to save on pages, but in a real "Dummies" situation I would prefer them to describe step 1 and then have the picture right there not over a couple of pages. On the whole instructions are really clear, although one box near the beginning of the book asks us to place feet broadly and keep the ankles from gripping - not, I hazard, terms that the beginner will be able to relate to.

If you are thinking about a beginners' class but don't want to show up knowing nothing at all then this is an excellent starting point.

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