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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories behind renowned companies such as The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. Explore the lives and achievements of dancers across the centuries, such as Margot Fonteyn, Carlos Acosta, and Darcey Bussell. Meet composers and choreographers, from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to Matthew Bourne. From its origins at court and the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dawn C Crouch
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"Pointe work improves balance, flexibility, and artistic expression. Ultimately, this relates to better performance. Make sure you understand the preparation necessary to ensure a successful transition to the greater demands placed on the body by pointe work." -- Amazon.com
Author
Language
English
Description
"The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. The only problem is that she can't admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. But those abs... Nope! Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship...
9) John's turn
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every Friday, in the cafeteria, one of the kids gets up in front of the whole school and does something. A performance. Today it's John's turn."--Front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ballerinas have style, grace, and beauty. But what does it take to become one? Take a look at a ballerina's world in this book, from her first dance class to performing on stage. Today's reluctant readers are easily drawn to the distractions of electronic games, DVDs, and TV. But what if they had a book series designed just for them? What if all the titles featured high-interest topics, rockin' designs, and language kids understand? Our Reading Rocks!...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist. Starting with her arrival as a young beginner at...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A girl explores her love of dancing and her cultural identity in a lively picture book with echoes of the real-life collaboration between Bharatanatyam icon Rukmini Devi Arundale and ballerina Anna Pavlova. Paro comes from a dancing family. At home, she dances Bharatanatyam with her mom, and now she's excited to learn ballet. But what if she can't dance like the other kids in her class? Ballerinas move like fairies, while Bharatanatyam dancers seem...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet-the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle"--
16) Cinderella
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a much-loved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairytale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity, complementing Prokofiev's celebrated and colourful score"--Container.
18) Ballet shoes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Relates the fortunes of three adopted sisters who take dancing and stage training, one to become an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix.
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