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Publisher
ZDF Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a devastating injury, dancer Tara Webster decides to leave the world of dance and concentrate on her life as a university student, but gets drawn to dancing again once an opportunity to perform with a ballet company presents itself.
Publisher
C & B Productions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 CD (60 min. ; 4 3/4 in.).
Description
Offers a comprehensive introduction into the most important aspects of ballet. At first, the viewer will learn what they need for ballet class, and will receive practical tips on how to dress and get ready for class. Then comes the first ballet lesson! Learn the terminology, the first movements, the various positions, jumps and turns, and correct posture.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (Graphic novels) volume 12
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
134 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Feeling isolated as the only African American in her class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
Formats
Description
Dance your way to a magical adventure with Barbie as Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams! When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend, Hailey, are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world. There, Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favorite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen. With performances to the legendary Giselle and Swan Lake ballets, it's a wonderful journey where if you dance with your heart,...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"An emotional story about a former ballerina who is thrust back into 'normal' high school after a life-changing injury, and who comes to terms with life without her passion as well as discrimination in the ballet world"--
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm.
Description
"Angelina and the other mouselings at Miss Lilly's Ballet School perform Cinderella on tour, battling homesickness and bad luck to ensure the show will go on"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
288 pages
Description
Sofía Acosta, a fifth grader trying to fit into her ballet-obsessed Cuban American family and her affluent suburban New York community, learns to speak up for herself and others when she mistakenly reveals a visiting dancer's plan to defect to the United States.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Angelina and her cousin Henry are paired to dance together at Chipping Cheddar's Summer Festival. At first their dance is a mess, but after a lot of practice and patience, they learn to make their dance perfect (or close enough)!" --
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
82 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
93) Firebird
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Description
American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
94) Toeshoe trouble
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
136, [3] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Brenda needs the help of her Sugar Plum Sisters after telling her cousin that she has a pair of autographed toeshoes of a famous ballerina and her cousin wants to see them.
95) Chasing Degas
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
At the time of the Impressionists, a young ballet dancer races around Paris searching for Monsieur Degas, who accidentally took her bag--and the tutu she needs for the recital in which she is to perform that night. Includes reproductions of paintings by French Impressionist painters, with an author's note.
96) Ballet class
Author
Series
Ballet Kitty books volume 1
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
After not wanting to wear his ballet shoes, a kitten learns that he loves to dance during his first ballet class with his young friends.
97) Plum fantastic
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Although Alexandrea does not want to be a ballerina, her mother enrolls her in ballet school and she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital even though she is an awful dancer and suffers from stage fright.
98) Turning point
Author
Formats
Description
"Best friends Rasheeda and Monique navigate the ups and downs of a teenager's summer, Mo at home in the Cove; Sheeda at a sleepaway ballet intensive"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
"While exploring, Lola the cat comes across a stage with a ballet performance about to begin. Lola puts on a costume and joins right in, dancing beautiful pirouettes, arabesques, and pas de chats (the step of the cat). When she accidentally stumbles and trips, however, it is up to Lola to save the show"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Matilda is a bunny who lives with her mom, dad, and many, many siblings. Because she's the middle bunny, she always feels overlooked. Then one day, her mother enrolls Matilda in dance class, and she falls in love with ballet"--
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