Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ballet is a poised style of concert dance which includes mime, acting, and other techniques from other dance forms. This book provides an interesting look at the history of ballet and its genres including classical, contemporary, neoclassical, and character dance. It also includes details on ballet techniques such as the belanchine method, bournonville, cecchetti, pointe, and more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.