Title: School of classical dance
Description: School of Classical Dance is the official textbook of the Vaganova School, and takes the reader from the basic concepts of the syllabus to the most complicated exercises taught at the end of the eight-year course.

A thorough and logical presentation of the classical vocabulary, from its basic forms to advanced variations, is followed by a sample lesson for a senior class.  The eight-year syllabus of the Vaganova school, now officially adopted by all Russian ballet schools, is then given in full.

School of Classical Dance is both an outstanding work of reference and a constantly stimulating handbook.

Vera Kostrovitskaya and Alexei Pisarev were long-time teachers at the Vaganova School.  [Kostrovitskaya was Agrippina Vaganova's assistant and her principle pedagogical student.  Upon Vaganova's untimely death in 1951, Kostrovitskaya furthered and perfected the teaching method of classical dance, culminating in this publication.]