The principles of classical dance

by Joan Lawson

0-394-51061-5 Alfred Knopf - Borzoi Book Publication 1980 Number 102 Hardcover. Illustrated with 70 Black and white photographs of Anthony Dowell.

99 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Joan Lawson was a ballet dancer and author. She performed with the Nemtchinova-Dolin Ballet in the 1930s, was director of the Royal Academy of Dance's teacher's course from 1947-1959, and was the Royal Ballet Society's character and mime teacher from 1963-1971. Lawson was a critic for the Dancing Times and was vice-chair of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.