Collection Ballet Variation

A
Collection
Of Classical
Ballet Variations
Book One

Written In

SUTTON•DANCE•WRITING®

This book is dedicated to
Lila Zali
Barbara Stewart &
The Ballet Pacifica

A
Collection
of Classical
Ballet Variations

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A
Collection
Of Classical
Ballet Variations
Dance Instructors:

Dance Writers:

Nana Gollner,
Former Ballerina of
The Original Ballet RusseValerie Sutton,
Inventor,
Sutton Dance Writing

Irina Kosmovska,
Former Soloist of
The Ballet Russe
De Monte Carlo

Kathy Kahn
Choreographer, Dancer
and Teacher
Mary Catherine Kaminski
Certified Teacher,
Sutton Dance Writing

Lila Zali,
Former Soloist of
The Original Ballet Russe
De Monte Carlo

Dance Writing® Copyist:
Dancing Writing® Editors:

Lorraine Spada,
CertifiedTeacher,
Sutton Dance Writing

Susan White,
Certified Teacher,
Sutton Dance Writing

Dance Illustrations:
Gene Vandervoort

Iris Berry Rogers,
Certified Teacher,
Sutton Dance Writing

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A
Collection
Of Classical
Ballet Variations
Written In

S U T TO N • D A N C E • W R I T I N G ®Copyright © 1983 By The Center For Sutton Movement Writing, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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About The Dance Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

About The Dance Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..5

About The Dance Writing® Copyist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

About Sutton Dance Writing® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Princess Florisse’s Solo from The Blue Bird Pas De Deux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Female Variation from Don QuixotePas De Deux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

The Lilac Fairy Solo Variation from The Sleeping Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

The Sugar Plum Fairy Solo Variation from The Nutcracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Princess Aurora’s Variation from The Sleeping Beauty, Act I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .31

The Dance of The Four Little Swans from Swan Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Glossary of Sutton Dance Writing® Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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NANA GOLLNER
Ballerina Nana Gollner studied dance to strengthen her legs afterrecovering from infantile paralysis, as a
child. She went on to become an international ballet star. A student of Theodore Kosloff in California, she
became a soloist with American Ballet Theatre; prima ballerina of Colonel de Basil’s Ballet Russe; prima
ballerina of Rene Blum’s Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo; prima ballerina of The Original Ballet Russe and
guest ballerina with the International...