Classical Ballet: A Complete Manual of the Cecchetti Method: Volume 1 - Paperback

Cecchetti, Grazioso: - Grazioso Cecchetti was born in St. Petersburg (Russia) in 1892. He was still very young when he studied under his father's method at the Cecchetti school in St. Petersburg. From then on he continued the family tradition oif teaching and choreography. In 1935 he opened the Cecchetti dance academy in Turin, Italy. He then spent two years of his life in Paris (France), where he opened the Académie Enrico Cecchetti. He returned to Turin when continued teaching until his death in 1965.Pappacena, Flavia: - Flavia Pappacena, is an Italian classical ballet teacher who teaches Dance Theory and Dance Aesthetics at the National Academy of Dance in Rome, Italy, and at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome. She is the director of the dance books for Gremese and is author of numerous esseys and technical manuals on dance that have been translated in various languages. She lives in Rome, Italy.