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2) Ballet
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
An introduction to ballet, discussing its history, costumes, steps, performances, and other aspects.
9) Ballet
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An introduction to ballet, discussing the history, styles, and famous dancers and choreographers.
17) Ballet
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tutus and leotards, pointe shoes and ribbions, stretching exercises at the barre--these are all familiar images when one is thinking of ballet. But there's much more to this historic dance form than pink tulle. There's hard work with years of study. Young readers will find themselves pointing their toes, practicing the five positions, and dreaming of being onstage as a sugarplum fairy or a king with a crown.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Russian artists Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky were popular in their time: Stravinsky for music, Nijinsky for dance. When their radically new ballet, The Rite of Spring, was first performed in Paris on May 29, 1913, the reaction was so polarized, there were fistfights and riots! Brilliant or disastrous, the performance marked the birth of modern music and dance. Stringer's rhythmic text and gloriously inventive, color-rich paintings capture...
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