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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
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.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
29 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Get to know the plie, arabesque, and other basic steps, and see how ballet has changed over the years. From Anna Pavlova to Mikhail Baryshnikov to Misty Copeland, discover the dancers who added their signature style to this graceful dance form. Go behind the curtain to see what it takes to become a prima ballerina and how a performance comes together.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"My First Ballet Book provides the answers to these and many more questions. It will inform and inspire all young dancers--those just starting out and those who are already immersed in the world of ballet. Perfectly pitched text by expert author Kate Castle, a former dancer with the Royal Ballet, provides a highly practical guide to every aspect of ballet, while beautiful photographs truly capture the magic of dance--from the excitement of a child's...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
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
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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
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
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a toy ballerina.
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.
18) Ballet school
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
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.