A companion guide to one of the bestselling Limelight Edition titles, this book by Asaf Messerer, a founder of what has become known as the Bolshoi School, is one of the most celebrated manuals of classic dance instruction in the world. Messerer has gained an international reputation forhis classes in classical technique-models of invention and well-rounded exercise, stressing both precision and fluid artistic control. Nearly 5 00 photographs of principal Bolshoi dancers illustrate the positions andsteps indicated, and an introductory section by Messerer outlines his b asic plan and philosophy of teaching.
