Product Description: Beloved by all little girls, ballet stories enchant and open a world of magic. This collection of eight favourite ballet stories is filled with that magic and promise. The stories and sparkling illustrations will delight for years.

Product Description: Possibly the best-loved of all ballets are “Giselle,” “La Bayadère,” and “Swan Lake.” Known as the White Ballets, they each tell stories of ethereal maidens costumed in floating white, who seem to be lovely creatures suspended somewhere between heaven and earth...read more

Richly theatrical illustrations combine with spellbinding storytelling in a gorgeous anthology which includes a truly global selection of stories, a history of classical ballet, and fascinating historical backgrounds on each dance's composition, choreography, and early performances.

A history of ballet provides plot synopses of famous ballets and introduces the language, steps, and costumes of the dance.

Text and pictures show scenes and steps from the ballets 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Giselle,' 'Coppelia,' 'Swan Lake,' and 'The Nutcracker,' while the enclosed CD includes the stories told scene-by-scene.

Recounts the plots of such well-known ballets as 'Giselle,' 'The Nutcracker,' and 'Swan Lake.'

Product Description: For nearly two hundred years, E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale of the Nutcracker has enchanted readers, inspired artists and composers, and delighted audiences around the world. Lisbeth Zwerger's stunning, all-new interpretation on The Nutcracker, adapted from the original Hoffmann tale, rounds out the story depicted in the ballet, exploring the background of the feud between the Nutcracker and the seven-headed Mouse King, the true role of the mysterious Drosselmeier, the tragic fate of Princess Pirlipat, the spell cast by Mistress Mousie that is finally broken by loyal Marie, and the satisfying, happily-ever-after conclusion to the great battle and fantastic journey...read more

Presents the stories of nine well-known ballets, including 'Swan Lake,' 'The Nutcracker,' 'Giselle,' and 'Coppelia'

Presents the stories of Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Swan Lake, includes choreographic and historical information, and features an audio CD with musical highlights

A collection of stories of the great ballets brings together the stories of 'Swan Lake,' 'Giselle,' 'The Firebird,' 'Coppelia,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' and 'The Nutcracker.' Reprint. PW. NYT.

A collection of stories from eight popular ballets, including Petrouchka, La Bayadre, and Giselle, introduce aspiring dancers and ballet enthusiasts to these magical classical dances.

An anthology of stories based on nine of the world's most popular ballets includes enchanting versions of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, The Firebird, and The Boy and the Magic.

A retelling of 'Swan Lake,' 'The Sleeping Beauty,' 'The Nutcracker,' and seven other tales that evoke the elegance and mystery of the ballet

Retells twelve great ballets as fairy tales--fairy tales set to music and told through the medium of dance

Retells twelve great ballets as fairy tales--fairy tales set to music and told through the medium of dance

The stories of six ballets, including 'Swan Lake,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' and 'Firebird.'

Presents the stories of ten well-known ballets, including Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, and others.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to ballet, beginning with the five positions of the feet and the corresponding arm movements and continuing through advanced techniques

Retells the stories of Petrushka, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Giselle, The Nutcracker, The Stone Flower, and Sleeping Beauty, and describes the background of each ballet

Presents scenes of the Hamster Ballet Company performing both classical and modern ballets, such as 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Giselle,' 'The Firebird,' and 'The Nutcracker.'

The beauty and elegance of the art of ballet are spotlighted in numerous full-color photographs in the stories of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty