{"id":3660705159,"title":"Prima Princessa Ballet for Beginners","handle":"prima-princessa-ballet-for-beginners","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/mary-kate-mellow\" title=\"Mary Kate Mellow bio\"\u003eMary Kate Mellow\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/stephanie-troeller\" title=\"Stephanie Troeller bio\"\u003eStephanie Troeller\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBeauty, grace, and technique . . . Ballet!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrima Princessa ushers readers into New York City’s famous School of American Ballet (SAB) in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Through stunning photography, they’ll enter SAB’s classroom and get an intimate look at how elite dancers train. The visit begins in a pre-ballet class, moves to SAB’s Children’s Ballet Division (eleven-year-olds), and finally arrives at the near-professional Advanced Ballet classes (sixteen-year-olds).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll photos and instructions have been vetted by SAB teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/music-everywhere\" title=\"Music Everywhere\"\u003eMusic Everywhere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/to-be-an-artist\" title=\"To Be An Artist\"\u003eTo Be An Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/balletball\"\u003eBalletball\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ballet-for-beginners-spread.jpg?15494442804523104899\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Kate Mellow, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Kate Mellow is a dance lover and a former jewelry designer. She graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/mary-kate-mellow\" title=\"Mary Kate Mellow bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Mary Kate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie Troeller, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie Troeller studied dance at Marcel Marceau’s International Theater School in Paris, France, and at Martha Graham in New York City. She is the proud designer of Prima Princessa. Stephanie lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and four children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/stephanie-troeller\" title=\"Stephanie Troeller bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Stephanie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie and Mary Kate are the producers of the “Prima Princessa Presents” series of ballet DVDs for children. You can visit them online at \u003ca title=\"link to Prima Princessa website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.PrimaPrincessa.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.PrimaPrincessa.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBookLoons Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Prima Princessa as she takes young readers on an exploration of the wonderful world of ballet. You'll see some very young dancers (ages four and up) learn about creative movement, musicality and pantomime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it is on to New York's School of American Ballet for a visit to the Children's Ballet Division. Here you'll see a demonstration of the basics of ballet. After some posture and stretching exercises, there are pictures of young girls demonstrating the basic positions. Soon you'll know the difference between plie and releve as well as pas de chat or arabesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter an older dancer demonstrates some of the more advanced positions, the book ends with seeing how a ballerina prepares to go on stage. You'll also be the audience for her special dress rehearsal where she puts everything together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of color photographs along with instructions on how to hold one's body for each position make this the ideal book to give a youngster who is considering ballet lessons. After she pores over this and takes it all in, she'll have a much better idea whether this is something she wants to spend her time doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking Glass Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent title will give young ballet fans a very real sense of what it is like to learn ballet, and how much work it takes to become a performing ballet dancer. There are beautiful color photographs on every double page spread, and the chatty and personal writing style used throughout the book makes the text engaging and easy to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/ballet-for-beginners-cvr.jpg?v=1449516643\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ballet-for-beginners-hires.zip?14202955784709141307\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-93614-045-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-60734-352-3\u003cbr\u003e For information about purchasing E-books, \u003ca title=\"E-book\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesbridge.myshopify.com\/pages\/e-books\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 4 and up\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 80\u003cbr\u003e8 x 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2015-12-07T15:05:00-05:00","created_at":"2015-12-07T14:21:22-05:00","vendor":"Imagine Publishing","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Ages 3-6","Browse by Age_Ages 6-10","Browse by Age_Middle Grade","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Nonfiction","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_Art\/Music\/Theater"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":11151248839,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"40459","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Prima Princessa Ballet for Beginners - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":795,"weight":309,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":10,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"978-1-936140-45-9"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/prima-princessa-ballet-cover.jpg?v=1586801338"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/prima-princessa-ballet-cover.jpg?v=1586801338","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Prima Princessa Ballet for Beginners book cover","id":2481770561615,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.898,"height":668,"width":600,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/prima-princessa-ballet-cover.jpg?v=1570538691"},"aspect_ratio":0.898,"height":668,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/prima-princessa-ballet-cover.jpg?v=1570538691","width":600}],"content":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/mary-kate-mellow\" title=\"Mary Kate Mellow bio\"\u003eMary Kate Mellow\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/stephanie-troeller\" title=\"Stephanie Troeller bio\"\u003eStephanie Troeller\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBeauty, grace, and technique . . . Ballet!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrima Princessa ushers readers into New York City’s famous School of American Ballet (SAB) in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Through stunning photography, they’ll enter SAB’s classroom and get an intimate look at how elite dancers train. The visit begins in a pre-ballet class, moves to SAB’s Children’s Ballet Division (eleven-year-olds), and finally arrives at the near-professional Advanced Ballet classes (sixteen-year-olds).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll photos and instructions have been vetted by SAB teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/music-everywhere\" title=\"Music Everywhere\"\u003eMusic Everywhere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/to-be-an-artist\" title=\"To Be An Artist\"\u003eTo Be An Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/balletball\"\u003eBalletball\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ballet-for-beginners-spread.jpg?15494442804523104899\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Kate Mellow, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Kate Mellow is a dance lover and a former jewelry designer. She graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/mary-kate-mellow\" title=\"Mary Kate Mellow bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Mary Kate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie Troeller, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie Troeller studied dance at Marcel Marceau’s International Theater School in Paris, France, and at Martha Graham in New York City. She is the proud designer of Prima Princessa. Stephanie lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and four children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/stephanie-troeller\" title=\"Stephanie Troeller bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Stephanie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie and Mary Kate are the producers of the “Prima Princessa Presents” series of ballet DVDs for children. You can visit them online at \u003ca title=\"link to Prima Princessa website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.PrimaPrincessa.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.PrimaPrincessa.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBookLoons Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Prima Princessa as she takes young readers on an exploration of the wonderful world of ballet. You'll see some very young dancers (ages four and up) learn about creative movement, musicality and pantomime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it is on to New York's School of American Ballet for a visit to the Children's Ballet Division. Here you'll see a demonstration of the basics of ballet. After some posture and stretching exercises, there are pictures of young girls demonstrating the basic positions. Soon you'll know the difference between plie and releve as well as pas de chat or arabesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter an older dancer demonstrates some of the more advanced positions, the book ends with seeing how a ballerina prepares to go on stage. You'll also be the audience for her special dress rehearsal where she puts everything together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of color photographs along with instructions on how to hold one's body for each position make this the ideal book to give a youngster who is considering ballet lessons. After she pores over this and takes it all in, she'll have a much better idea whether this is something she wants to spend her time doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking Glass Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent title will give young ballet fans a very real sense of what it is like to learn ballet, and how much work it takes to become a performing ballet dancer. There are beautiful color photographs on every double page spread, and the chatty and personal writing style used throughout the book makes the text engaging and easy to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/products\/ballet-for-beginners-cvr.jpg?v=1449516643\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ballet-for-beginners-hires.zip?14202955784709141307\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-93614-045-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-60734-352-3\u003cbr\u003e For information about purchasing E-books, \u003ca title=\"E-book\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesbridge.myshopify.com\/pages\/e-books\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 4 and up\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 80\u003cbr\u003e8 x 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}