Азбука балета. 3-е изд.

Ėta knizhka napisana dli͡a deteĭ, no ee mogut chitatʹ i vzroslye: vse ravno vedʹ v balete, kak pravilo, ne razbirai͡utsi͡a ni te ni drugie. I ottogo dumai͡ut, chto balet ėto ochenʹ skuchno, trudno, neponi͡atno i pro lebedeĭ. A balet na samom dele - uzhasno zani͡atnai͡a shtuka. Po kraĭneĭ mere, avtor - I͡Ulii͡a I͡Akovleva - pishet o balete uzhe let desi͡atʹ i ni razu ne raskai͡alasʹ. V ėtoĭ knige ona rasskazyvaet o tom, kak trudnai͡a, a mestami dazhe i protivnai͡a professii͡a umudri͡aetsi͡a vygli͡adetʹ so storony takoĭ legkoĭ i volshebnoĭ. V knige chitateli naĭdut istoricheskie svedenii͡a, teatralʹnye anekdoty, legendy i apokrify.

This book is written for children, but adults can also read it: anyway, as a rule, neither of them understand ballet. And because they think that ballet is very boring, difficult, incomprehensible and about swans. And ballet is actually a terribly interesting thing. At least, the author — Yulia Yakovleva — has been writing about ballet for ten years and has never repented. In this book, she talks about how a difficult, and sometimes even nasty profession manages to look so easy and magical from the outside. In the book, readers will find historical information, theatrical anecdotes, legends and apocrypha.