Invitation to the Ballet
- Subject
- Performing Arts - Dance
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Welbeck Editions
- Size
- 23.6 cm × 28.4 cm
- ISBN
- 9781803380391
Open the envelope to discover your very own invitation to the ballet, asking you to take a tour and peek behind the scenes to see what goes on between performances.
Explore the lesser known areas of the theatre, such as the shoe room, the rehearsal studio and the healthcare suite. Open the gatefolds to display the costume department, the set-building workshops and a performance live on stage.
Learn about famous ballets such as Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake as you turn the pages. With beautifully intricate illustrations, you'll discover more wonderful details each time you read the book.
Special items include an envelope containing your pull-out invitation, and 3 large gatefolds.
About the creators
Charlotte GuillainAuthor
Helen ShoesmithIllustrator
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What reviewers said
Readers interested in dance will enjoy this informative backstage tour of a ballet theater, which shows dancers training, a variety of jobs, and the specialized spaces needed to produce a ballet on a grand scale. Bustling cartoon illustrations are the star of the show here, as each doublepage spread—and even a few double gatefolds—reveals different areas of the theater and the activities occurring in each. The text appears as labels and a scattering of small paragraphs placed near the person or feature they are describing. The book begins with a glimpse of the lobby and empty auditorium…
"A well-rounded look at life in the theater."
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