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Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As Ella strives to keep her place in a struggling ballet company, the tragic story of another dancer seems to haunt her every step. If Ella can discover the truth of what happened, perhaps she can be free of the story and learn how to dance and live with the freedom that makes her story her own"--
2) John's turn
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every Friday at school there's an assembly with announcements and maybe a guest. Then one of the kids gets to do something for the whole school. A performance. Today it's John's turn; what will he do?
4) Fancy Dancer
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Finding himself in an awkward position when he is sentenced to community service--with his newly-found half-brother, Alex, as his parole officer--Jake St. Cloud decides to make the most of his work with Angelica Dancer and her daughter, Fancy, at their foundation for neglected children.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A French ballerina with self-perception challenges descends into anorexia when an injury sidelines her career, landing her in a support home for women with life-threatening eating disorders.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Edition
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 451 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a memoir of life in Maoist China, the author describes how he was taken from his family in rural China to study ballet in Beijing, his rise in the world of Chinese ballet, and his defection at age 18 to the United States.
9) Exhibit
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant, young photographer, Jin is at a crossroads in her work, in her marriage to college sweetheart Phillip, in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is a glamorous, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus from her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
357 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In belle époque Paris, the Van Goethem sisters struggle for survival after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie's ballet training and her introduction to a genius painter.
Author
Series
Royal Ballet School diaries volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Ellie's first term at the Royal Ballet School is filled with excitement, hard work, homesickness, an unexpected chance to perform, and new friendships, tainted only by the rude and hateful behavior of Lara, the girl she crashed into during their audition.
Author
Series
Royal Ballet School diaries volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
After moving from Chicago to Oxford, England, ten-year-old Ellie worries about making new friends at school and caring for her mother who has multiple sclerosis, while also preparing to audition for the resident dancers training program at London's Royal Ballet School.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Isabelle is an inspired dancer with a flair for fashion design. She's thrilled to be studying ballet at a prestigious performing arts school but her classmates are so talented, and she can't help feeling that she's always in the shadow of her 'perfect' older sister Jade. So when her idol, a famous ballerina, encourages her to audition for a professional ballet, Isabelle isn't sure she can land the role.
18) Dancing solo
Author
Publisher
Capstone Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
62 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sarah knows that she is the best dancer in her ballet class, and she is eager to show off at the upcoming recital--but when a new move proves unexpectedly difficult and she has to ask for help, her confidence is shaken.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 X 28 cm.
Language
English
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
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ballet instructor Miss Lina has a solution when her eight students, who always dance in pairs, are distraught when a ninth girl joins the class.
