There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Darcey Bussell is Britain's best-loved and most famous ballerina. She became the youngest ever Principal in the Royal Ballet at the age of twenty, and has now danced scores of leading roles in ballets such as Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Many parts have been written especialy for her.

This book has the following chapters: All about dancing; equipment; looking after your ballet shoes; getting ready for a lesson; dancing lessons; the first steps; plies; how to stand at the bare; barre exercises - battements tendus, rond da jambe, battement fondu, grand and petit battement, battement frappe; bends of the body; porte du bras; centre work; arabesques; pirouettes; starting to jump; advanced jumping; pointe work; pas de deux; make-up; putting on a show; a dancer's life.