The Bottom Line
Ice skaters cannot always take the time for ballet classes. "Ballet Secrets for Skaters: How to Hone Your Artistic Competitive Edge" will help the reader at least understand what skaters can gain by studying ballet. This book will teach the skater the "ballet look" that is essential in figure skating.
For most figure skaters, ballet is a mystery and this book uncovers those secrets.
Pros
- This book is fun and easy to read.
- All that a figure skater needs to know about ballet is in one easy to understand volume.
- The author's love of figure skating shows throughout this book.
Cons
- This book would be better if more photos of ice skaters were included.
Description
- Paperback 192 Pages
- Over seventy black and white instructional photos
- Written by Barbara Denise Files
- ISBN 0-9726723-8-9
- Celebrity interviews and advice from Victor Petrenko and Yuko Sato
- Short glossary of terms to remember
- Excellent easy to use index
- Each "ballet secret" is highlighted and described
- An easy to understand "quick check" is included in each chapter
- Published by Artistic Enterprises International
Guide Review - Review of "Ballet Secrets for Skaters" - A Book by Barbara Denise Files
Barbara Denise Files shares her love for ballet with ice skaters and figure skating coaches in this book. This is really the first ballet book that is written especially for the needs of figure skaters.
"Ballet Secrets for Skaters" will motivate the reader. Figure skaters will learn how to achieve the graceful arm and head positions that are used in ballet, and they will also learn how to hold their bodies, shoulders, and hands.
The author is a Russian-trained dancer, choreographer and instructor. She understands what skaters need to achieve the excellent artistic quality that is required in figure skating. In this book, in easy steps, she shares the secrets of ballet technique.
The book is fun and easy to read and should definately be part of every figure skater's library.
