"(...) Though it contains some general advice for begginers, this book is not meant as an introduction and complete course of ballet instruction. Rather it singles out common errors of technique and taste to be found in experienced dancers, and lucidly suggests how they should be remedied. Grouped under general headings - studies of legs, arms, body, principal positions, etc - the work concentrates particularly on ronds de jambe, arabesques, attitudes (which Blasis is credited with inventing, but probably did not), entrechats and pirouettes. Blasis's own drawings illustrate de text." -- P [4] de la couv.[-]