According to Sir Peter Wright CBE, former Director of Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet, this book is ... a must for anyone seriously interested in classical ballet'. Suitable for enthusiasts, teachers and students of all ages and abilities, Mime in Ballet focuses on twenty graduated studies in classical gesture, each one carefully illustrated with photographs, and culminates in a detailed analysis of the Prologue to The Sleeping Beauty. Beryl Morina was trained in the Russian tradition by Princess Kschessinska, prima ballerina assoluta of the Maryinsky Theatre. During her long career as a dancer Beryl Morina worked with Massine, the Ballet Russe, Ivor Novello, Alan Carter and many others before becoming a teacher and examiner. In Mime in Ballet she brings together her many decades of experience as both performer and teacher to provide future generations with the definitive work on the subject.I highly recommend this guide to the art of mime,' says Sir Anthony Dowell CBE, former Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet.