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1) Astonish me
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David "Lizard" Hochmeyer's larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents' deaths. It's a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who's as brilliant as she is unstable. A wildly entertaining, plot-twisting novel of murder,
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Series
Taming of the dukes volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lord Lysander Blackstone, the stern and fractious Duke of Montcroix, has only one interest: increasing his already considerable fortune. Thanks to a series of betrayals, he keeps his emotions buried deeper than his coffer. Money, after all, can't break a man's heart-nor make promises it can't keep. But when his reputation for being heartless jeopardizes a new business deal, he finds himself seeking the most unusual-- and alluring-- of solutions ....
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series recasts familiar fairy tales in a richly-imagined alternate Victorian world
Ninette Dupond was a dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet. She had been very lucky—if she had not been pretty, and a natural dancer, she could only have become what her mother had been: a washerwoman.
But Ninette’s good luck ended the day that the lead dancer sprained her ankle and Ninette...
Ninette Dupond was a dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet. She had been very lucky—if she had not been pretty, and a natural dancer, she could only have become what her mother had been: a washerwoman.
But Ninette’s good luck ended the day that the lead dancer sprained her ankle and Ninette...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dance your way to a magical adventure with Barbie as Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams! When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend, Hailey, are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world. There, Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favorite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen. With performances to the legendary Giselle and Swan Lake ballets, it's a wonderful journey where if you dance with your heart,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Fourteen years ago, Delphine abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg-- taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36 years old, Delphine has returned...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas and Angelina is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza 'Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers'. She is devastated when Pricilla Pinkpaws is choosen to play Cinderella and she gets cast as the Wicked Stepmouse. Things go from bad to worse and the production might have to be cancelled. Realizing her selfishness, Angelina becomes determined to set things straight.
11) Someday dancer
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In South Carolina in 1959 Casey Quinn dreams of being a ballerina, and though she has never had the money for lessons, she follows her dream to New York City and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
June, Bette, and Gigi have given their all to dance at Manhattan's most elite ballet school. Now they are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose...and no one is playing nice.
June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. However, getting what she wants might cost her everything--including the only boy she's ever loved. Legacy...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chloe dreams of being a ballerina princess. But today she is not practicing her twirls or leaping from room to room. She digs deep in her art drawer to find what she needs to craft her very own princess ballerina. The project quickly turns into more than a simple princess drawing. Chloe realizes that princesses are not just about beautiful hair and sparkly dresses. As her work of art comes to life, she discovers the qualities of character that make...
Author
Series
Tending roses volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once a gifted ballet dancer, Julia Costell buckled under the demands of a professional dance career, and has landed with a thud in an unglamorous job as a guidance counselor at a performing arts high school. Living back home with her parents and feeling lost, she is afraid she'll never soar again.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry-- "Nemetseva is dead!" Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment...
16) Zoya
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows Zoya, from the revolution in Russia through the sixties and seventies in America, from St. Petersburg to Paris to New York in the eighties, as she struggles to survive in the face of insurmountable odds.
17) Maria Tallchief
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A biography of Maria Tallchief, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
18) Leap!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32, 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Double the fun with two Barbie: You Can Be Step into Reading leveled readers in one--featuring two popular sports careers: gymnast and ballerina! This deluxe Step into Reading book features two leveled careers readers in one! Children ages 4 to 6 can read about two popular sports careers! First, Barbie learns to be a gymnast in the Step 2 You Can Be A Gymnast. Then flip the book over and Barbie trains to become a ballerina in the Step 2 You Can Be...
20) Ballet dreams
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join Kristyn as she travels to a magical ballet world.
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