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1) Center stage
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Vibrant and supremely gifted, the ballet students of a prestigious New York dance school are those who devote themselves to their art, sacrificing the normal loves and conflicts of youth, they vie for a place at an ultra-selective dance company.
The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation Brown Girls Do Ballet, this stunning coffee-table book showcases breathtaking images of ballerinas of color of all ages and levels that reflect today’s beautifully diverse world of dance. For decades the prominent image of a ballet dancer has been a white body with pale clothing. It took 75 years for American Ballet Theatre to have its first African American female principal dancer, Misty Copeland....
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 27
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Stoneybrook has gone star-crazy! Derek Masters, an eight-year-old regular on a hit television sitcom, has moved to town. Everyone's wondering what a real-live TV star will be like--will he drive to school in a limo? Jessi can't believe it, but even starsneed baby-sitters, and she's the lucky club member to watch Derek Masters. Even though a lot of kids at school call Derek a spoiled brat, Jessi likes him immediately. He rides bikes and eats junk...
4) Nutcracked
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Being cast as Clara in the Nutcracker ballet is a dream come true for Georgie but when she finds herself sucked into the Nutcracker's world her dream becomes more real than she ever imagined.
"Give the gift of ballet and magic this Christmas with an original take on The Nutcracker ballet! Georgie has waited for this moment her whole life--to dance the part of Clara in The Nutcracker ballet. And when she finally gets the part, it's like a dream come...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This Christmas, join a young girl and her grandmother as they embark on a holiday adventure to see The Nutcracker together! Her grandmother, known as Grand Jetae, was once a prima ballerina and danced in The Nutcracker herself, and now she's sharing themagic of this special ballet"--
"This Christmas, join a young girl and her grandmother as they embark on a holiday adventure to see The Nutcracker together! Her grandmother, known as Grand Jeté,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Sara wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father, whom she has not seen for a long time, in Chicago, mainly in the ghetto. She gets transferred to a new school where she is the only white girl there. Her life takes a turn for the better when she is friends with Chenille. Later, she falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek.
When her mother suddenly dies, Sara must abandon...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A critical biography of Alexei Ratmansky-the most significant international classical choreographer of our day-written with his full cooperation and the support of American Ballet Theatre, the company of which he is resident choreographer"--
"The Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time. “[A] spirited, engaging biography . . . Ms. Harss analyzes each of Mr. Ratmansky’s ballets,...
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