num_pages: 92
description: Here is a book which will inspire, enlighten and delight all who love the ballet, and some who didn't know they did. A born story-teller, Louis Untermeyer here unfolds in lively fashion the dramatic plots and haunting fantasies of twenty of the world's best-loved ballets, The Wood Nymphs, Ondine, Billy the Kid, Graduation Ball, The Firebird, The Sleeping Princess, Petrouchka, Children's Games, Bluebeard, Swan Lake, Prince Igor, Coppelia, Giselle, Rodeo, The Golden Cockerel, The Rite of Spring, The Phantom of the Rose, The Nutcracker, Scheherazade and Fancy Free. Notes of the origins of the various ballets at the end of the book
language: English
title: Tales from the Ballet
titlecomplete: Tales from the Ballet
genres: Picture Books, Childrens
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Golden Books