On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today

"A lucid and interesting history" of ballet-from sixteenth-century French Royalty to contemporary masters-"that reads like a novel" (Kirkus Reviews).

In this engaging history of dance, readers are introduced to the major performers, choreographers, and composers who influenced the development of ballet. Beginning with the birth of the art in the sixteenth-century French court of Catherine d' Medici, this informative text traces ballet as it evolved in Europe and Russia, and subsequently in ...