Ballet Technique; A Series of Practical Essays

FROM THE FOREWORD BY DAME MARGOT FONTEYN, D.B.E. " Nothing can be more inanimate than a text-book on ballet technique-except when written by Madame Karsavina . . ." " Madame Karsavina is a very rare artist. She has found the way to translate her balletic wisdom into prose." FROM MME. KARSAVINA'S INTRODUCTION " What I offer here to the attention of the teaching profession, as well as for students, is not a setting up of a new method, nor is it a panacea for all ills, but simply the results of my own experience. What profited me seems likely to be of some benefit to others . . ."