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[carbro]

Thanks for your progress report, Cannonade!  Glad to hear it's all going well.  

[ballet_n00b]

SanderO, on Oct 21 2009, 10:08 AM, said:

A rehearsal setting video of the movement or a still of the position - front and side views (and back might be nice too)

A performance video example of the same movement (with information about the performance)

This is exactly what I would like too; a comprehensive video library of the moves. I've found the fact that I speak French to be of little help when it comes to working out what the moves involve, e.g. épaulement - obviously something to do with the shoulders but beyond that I have no clue. The ABT one is pretty much what I would hope for, but comprehensive.

[ViolinConcerto]

Just FYI ---- not as convenient as an iPod/iPhone app, but all video all the time is THE VIDEO DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL BALLET, which is 2 DVD's on KULTUR.  It came out a while back (the 80's?  90's??) and features the young Merrill Ashley and Kevin MacKenzie as two of the dancers.  It's 4.5 hours, but well indexed, and features a narration with very clear definitions.  

I do, however, intend to download the very handy iPod version, so thanks!