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41) First position
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Anastasia Mikhelson is the rising star of the New York City Ballet. She’s sacrificed creature comforts, a social life, as well as her own physical well-being for perfection in dance. Even her reputation as The Ice Queen doesn’t faze her. Though Ana’s at the peak of her career, competition from a new and noteworthy dancer puts all she’s worked for in jeopardy. While Natalie Frederico has shown herself to be a prodigy when it comes to ballet,...
42) Swine lake
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A hungry wolf attends a performance of Swine Lake, performed by the Boarshoi Ballet, intending to eat the performers, but he is so entranced by the story unfolding on the stage that he forgets about his meal.
43) Dancing friends
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Collects three stories starring three friends, each of whom struggles to conquer an obstacle in order to attend ballet class and become a professional ballerina.
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2014: Isabelle volume 3
Girl of the year. 2014 Isabelle volume 3
American girls collection volume 3
Girl of the year. 2014 Isabelle volume 3
American girls collection volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Isabelle joins a ballet touring company headed by her dancing idol, world-class ballerina Jackie Sanchez.
46) Plum fantastic
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson's mother has been foisting her own ballet fantasies on her daughter ever since she was born, and now that the two of them have moved from Georgia to Harlem, Alexandrea has been enrolled in the Nutcracker School of Ballet.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Misty Copeland believes "There has been a shift in recent years in which women no longer desire the bare bones of a runway model. Standards have changed: what women do want is a long, toned, powerful body with excellent posture." In other words, the body of a ballerina. In her first health and fitness book, Misty will show women how to find the motivation to get healthier and stronger, and how to reshape their bodies to be lean and flexible, with...
49) Brontorina
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.
50) Tallulah's solo
Author
Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Tallulah strives for perfection during ballet class and dreams of dancing a solo in the upcoming recital, but her little brother Beckett, who misbehaves all during class, gets a better role than she does.
Author
Series
Ballet sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Sylvie gets to attend ballet school, just like her big sister.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Catty Jane was born to dance. When she's old enough, she enrolls at Mrs. Herron's Dance Academy where she learns that ballet takes a lot of practice. On her way home from class, the kitten meets Froggy, who shows her his vaulting and somersaulting moves. It doesn't look anything like ballet and Catty Jane tells him so. The two pals sit in angry silence until friends come along and suggest a dance party. Catty Jane wants nothing to do with that kind...
Author
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
On a freezing night in January 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia’s most illustrious institutions into scandal. The Bolshoi Theater had been a crown jewel during the reign of the tsars and an emblem of Soviet power throughout the twentieth century. Under Putin in the twenty-first century, it has been called on to preserve a...
54) The red shoes
Series
Criterion collection volume 44
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.
56) Nutcracker Noel
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A young girl who has dreamed of dancing in a real ballet learns to be content with the role she is given.
Author
Series
Ballet Cat volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Ballet Cat and her friend Butter Bear have practiced a dance to perform for an audience, but Butter Bear will need a lot of encouragement to try the super high leaps.
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet academy compete for the status of prima ballerina, with each willing to sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best.
Author
Series
Ballet sisters volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Sylvie and her older sister dance their way through make-believe adventures that include princesses, fairy queens, swans, and ducklings.
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