Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts)
Linda Ashley
Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts)
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Linda Ashley
The text is written at a 6th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.
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About This Book
Feel the thump of the music vibrating through the floor as dancers leap and twirl with grace and power. The shimmer of costumes, the rush of movement, and the stories told without words draw you into a world where every step matters. Discover how dance connects to technology, film, and video, bringing performances to life in ways you've never imagined.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This comprehensive guide introduces teens to the art and techniques of dance, covering both traditional and contemporary styles. Updated to include recent developments in technology, film, and video related to dance, it aligns with advanced performing arts curricula suitable for high school and early college levels. The content is educational and inspiring, appropriate for ages 13 to 18, with no notable mature content concerns.
Why we rated Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts) 11C
Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts) is written at a Level 6 reading level across 240 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 7.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts) works for readers up to grade 8.0.
We rate Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts) as 11C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.
Thematically, Essential Guide to Dance (Essential Guides for Performing Arts) explores dance, science & nature, and education — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 13+ range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about dance, science & nature, education.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
11C — ClearNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
Was our "Gentle" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780340803202
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Hodder Murray
- Published
- May 30, 2002
- Type
- Fiction