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About the Author
Thalia Mara, founder and artistic director of the USA International Ballet Competition, made her ballet debut at the age of eleven and by fourteen was a full member of the Chicago Opera Ballet under the direction of Adoph Bolm In Paris she studied under the legendary Nicholas Legat and Olga Preobrajenska, soon rising to prominence as soloist with the Ballet Suedois and later with the Michel Fokine Ballet in New York. With her husband she founded the School of Dance Arts at Carnegie Hall and the School of Ballet Repertory. Thalia taught at New York's High School of the Performing Arts, then in 1965 founded and directed the National Academy of Ballet. In 1976, at the age of 65, Thalia moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where she created the Jackson Ballet and established Jackson as the host of the International Ballet Competition in 1979, serving as its Artistic Director through 1994.
Reviews
""Classics in the teaching of ballet technique at the critical beginning levels." "Classics in the teaching of ballet technique at the critical beginning levels." --Susan Wershing, publisher, Dance Teacher Now Classics in the teaching of ballet technique at the critical beginning levels. Susan Wershing, publisher, Dance Teacher Now"
Book Information
ISBN 9780871272621
Author Thalia Mara
Format Paperback
Page Count 178
Imprint Princeton Book Company
Publisher Princeton Book Company
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 222mm * 178mm * 13mm