Dancing Shapes

If you are looking for something to engage your favorite youngster, you've found it. Whether the mini-paperback, ebook or 11x8.5 hardcover, this first volume from a mother-daughter team is sure to delight.

Dancing Shapes provides an inside gorgeous glimpse into ballerina Konora's journey. Konora, whose career has been sidelined by Covid-19, leads readers through warm-up steps, a basic ballet technique lesson, and an exploration of movement and form. Spectacular photos and a conversational style will leave your dance fan adoring the ballet heroine.

While designed for children ages 6-8 to explore the details of the shapes Konora creates, preschoolers and kindergarteners will enjoy trying the poses and seeing Konora in action. While older children may be less motivated to replicate the poses, they will observe and consider various dance elements.

With more than fifty poses to contemplate or re-create, aspiring young dancers:

    learn basic ballet technique and vocabulary

   develop an eye for detail         

    explore movement concepts

    increase body awareness               

    strengthen spatial perception and balance

    celebrate gratitude, the value of practice and making healthy choices.

Ballet photography in nature, creative fantasy, and an array of movements and positions enhances this series' debut to inspire young dancers and ballet fans alike.

At least three books in one, mini-sections include:

    About Me, Konora

    Warming Up

    Ballet Positions

    Thinking about Details

    Saying Thanks

    Fancy French, Positions and Concepts Review

What Moms and Dads Said:

Gorgeous! Inspirational! Dancing girls alllllll over my backyard!!!

...while looking at the cover with all those poses said, "I can do that one. I can't do that one. I can do that one. I can't do that one..." Then she started trying them. The pictures alone inspired her...

As soon as we read something like, "Can you try..." she would hop right up and try it. She lost a little steam reading through it all in one sitting, but coming back to it at different times and trying smaller sections was just right.

She thinks the book is just right for her age [9], not ...