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1) The company
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes look at the world of dance as seen through the eyes of a talented young dancer on the brink of success.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
As a Latin American nation nears collapse, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces his greatest challenge: to catch the mysterious terrorist leader Ezequiel. Mass panic sets in as the terrorist attacks become more ferocious, and Rejas finds himself drawn to Yolanda, his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As the search for Ezequil comes nearer, he and Yolanda must choose between love, country or self.
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Explains, through photographs and text, the importance of mastering basic steps early and then building your strength slowly so that you can dance without risking injury. Includes lots of fascinating information on ballet companies, addresses, and a glossary to explain special ballet words.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Now, they both teach in the family dance studio. When a suspicious accident occurs right before a big performance, the balance of sisterhood is threatened and family tensions rise.
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs present the activities at a ballet studio where young children warm up, practice the five basic positions, exercise at the barre, and watch teenage ballet dancers perform.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya's last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The film is made as a concert which is composed of unique fragments of dances from the famous performances of the great ballet dancers of the XX century, who brought fame to the Bolshoi theatre. The film depicts stories about their creative activities. One could see Ann Pavlova in the dance "The Dying swan, Sulamifj Messerer and Asaf Messerer in the dances specially staged for them, Marina Semenova in the Swan lake, Olga Lepeshinskaya and Peter Gusev,...
11) Black swan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile the Black Swan, daughter of an evil magician.
12) The red shoes
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
After catching her husband cheating with another woman, Sun Jae takes her young daughter and moves into a dilapidated old apartment building to start a new life. Heading home from work one day she finds a strange pair of high-heeled red shoes and decides to take them. While the shoes provide her with some comfort, they also become objects of unhealthy obsession for her ballet-dancing daughter and her best friend. Soon, everyone who comes into contact...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an ax to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A children's story drawn from the memoirs of famous dancer Anna Pavlova in which she shares her love of ballet, and describes what it was like to see Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" performed onstage.
15) Birth marks
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
London-based private detective, Hannah Wolfe, searches the dance world of London and Paris for clues to the death of a ballet dancer.
16) Bad Reputation
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Delightfully fresh. Stefanie London delivers all the feels. -- LAUREN LAYNE , New York Times bestselling author for Bad Bachelor It's true, Wes is well-endowed. But everything else is a huge misunderstanding ... Wes Evans, son of Broadway royalty, just wants to achieve something without riding his family's coattails. Too bad the whole world is talking about his sex life after the notorious Bad Bachelors app dubs him "The Anaconda". But when he sees...
17) Granny Dan
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When Danina Petroskova dies, her granddaughter discovers a box that hold a pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and a stack of letters that reveal Danina's hidden past.
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Through Edgar Degas's beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Susan Goldman Rubin conveys the wonder and excitement of the ballet world. Degas is one of the most celebrated painters of the impressionist movement, and his ballerina paintings are among the most favorite of his fans. In his artwork, Degas captures every moment, from the relentless hours of practice to the glamour of appearing on stage, revealing a dancer's journey from novice to...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This feel-good documentary follows Irlan and Isabela, two teenagers from the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro, as they pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers. This inspiring story takes us from Rio - where their communities must raise the funds to support their ambitions - to exhilarating ballet competitions in New York and Switzerland. It's a film about their determination to dance, and the price one must pay for talent, ambition...
20) Bad Influence
Author
Series
Bad bachelors volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
He's the bad bachelor who inspired it all ... Annie Maxwell had her whole life figured out ... until her fiancé left her when his career took off. If that wasn't bad enough, every society blog posted pictures of him escorting a woman wearing her engagement ring. To help the women of New York avoid guys like her ex, Annie created the Bad Bachelors app. But try as she might, Annie just can't forget him ... For bank executive Joe Preston, his greatest...
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