Cecchetti International Classical Ballet

Books

Thoughts – Volumes 1 & 2 by Richard Glasstone

49 articles written for The Dancing Times, 1997-2000

$35.00 Canadian, including postage – proceeds to CICB

INDEX OF CONTENTS:

PAGE – SOME THOUGHTS ON…

1. Syllabi, Systems & Teaching Methods (1998)
2. Head movement (1997)
3. Teaching Technique (1999)
4. The Structure & Pace of a Ballet Class (1999)
5. Correcting Ballet Students (1999)
6. Turnout – its use and abuse (2000)
7-8. Barre Work (1997)
9. Cambrer & Pencher (1999)
10. Cou-de-pied (1997)
11. High Leg Extensions (1999)
12-13. Port de bras (1997)
14. “Broken Wrists” & “Dropped” Elbows (1999)
15. Arcs of Movement (1999)
16. Hands (1998)
17. Uses of Eye Focus (2000)
18. Gesture (1998)
19-20. Epaulement (1997)
21. Centre Practice (1997)
22. Using the Floor (1998)
23. Adage (1997)
24. Line (1997)
25. Transferring Weight (1998)
26. Turns (1997)
27. Fouetter (2000)
28-29. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet (1994)
30-31. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Chassés (1995)
32-33. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Glissades and a
word about coupés & also teaching batterie (1995)
34. Linking Movements in Classical Ballet: Demi-Contretemps
and Pas Failli (1995)
35. Terre à terre & Lower Leg Work (1998)
36. Assembler (1998)
37. Ballon and Ballonné (2000)
38. Nurturing True Dance Talent (2000)
39. Dalcroze, Eurhythmics & Dance Training (2000)
40. Technique, Virtuosity, or Gymnastic Stunts (2000)
41. La danse d’école (1999)

Thoughts – Volume ll by Richard Glasstone

13 Articles written for The Dancing Times, 1997-2000

A few copies available for those who have already purchased Vol. l

Price $10.00 – proceeds to CICB

To purchase contact htsdken@gmail.com

Notes for a Dancer

Compiled by Sheila Kennedy

to use in conjunction with the Cecchetti Manuals,

A Manual of Classical Theatrical Dancing
The Theory & Practice of Allegro
The Theory & Practice of Advanced Allegro
Ryman’s Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terms: Cecchetti

FOR CLASSICAL BALLET TRAINING IN THE CECCHETTI METHOD

- traditional material – compiled by Sheila Kennedy

276 pages – price $50.00 Canadian, plus postage

Orders through your own Society or contact Sheila Kennedy hsken@telus.net

All proceeds to Cecchetti International – Classical Ballet

Please send corrections and revisions to htsdken@gmail.com

Betty Oliphant: The Artistry of Teaching

A Series of Ballet Classes by Nadia Potts
DanceForms Illustrations by Rhonda Ryman

Published by Dance Collection Danse Press/es

Author Nadia Potts, former National Ballet of Canada principal dancer, was a student of Betty Oliphant’s for over a decade. Before her death, Oliphant spent five years recording her unique approach to ballet training in collaboration with Potts. Descriptions of the classes are accompanied by DanceForms figures, which serve to clearly illustrate the exercises. Oliphant’s views, observations and insights about teaching are offered along with a collection of captivating photographs.

EXCERPT by Nadia Potts

Betty Oliphant created the following ballet classes for Grade 10 boys and girls at the National Ballet School of Canada in 1990, near the end of her sixty-year teaching career. These are the first five of a series of twenty classes that Miss Oliphant and I selected from the numerous notebooks of her lesson plans dating from as early as 1955 up to 1993 when she retired. The students who would have taken these classes were between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, and most of them still had an additional two to three years of training to complete. Many had joined the National Ballet School in Grade 5 where the first level of ballet training was offered.

Contact: talk@dcd.ca