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61) Nureyev
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
This biography utilizes archival footage and fascinating contributions from Nureyev's sister, his first teacher, prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn and others who provide insight into the immensely private life of one of the greatest lights ever to illuminate the dance world. Others interviewed include: Dame Ninette de Valois, Dame Merle Park, Maude Lloyd, Sylvie Guillem, David Wall, Roland Petit, Natalia Dudinskaya, Razida Evegrafova, Taisiam Khalturina,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"An alligator dancing ballet? When the reptile takes her place at the barre, Mrs. Iraina and her dancers are very surprised. But since they can't communicate with the alligator--and she is able to follow along--they just decide to name her Tanya and let her stay. (Would YOU say no to a 450-pound alligator?) Mrs. Iraina even creates a special ballet to showcase Tanya's larger-than-life talents ... and super-swishy tail. Then, without warning, Tanya...
64) Center stage
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Description
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 proves to be both invigorating and painful.
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to ballet juxtaposes works of art by French impressionist painter Edgar Degas with illustrations of modern-day ballet students, in a volume that includes a brief history of ballet and a biography of Degas.
70) Bea at ballet
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Bea and her friends have fun attending a toddler ballet class.
71) Honk!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A ballet-loving swan wins acclaim when she manages to join the other dancers in a performance of Swan Lake.
Author
Series
[Isabelle series] volume 2
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Isabelle finds a creative way to use her talent for fashion design to help her older sister Jade, who is performing the role of Clara in the Nutcracker ballet.
76) Ballet shoes
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Three young but ambitious girls lead a sheltered life with their guardian in a home with lodgers. They go to Ballet School but financial problems threaten their future.
77) Gloria's promise
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gloria is a young dancer whose boundless determination makes her dream of dancing with the American Ballet Theatre come true.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c1990.
Language
English
Description
This fascinating look at the world of international ballet competitions features a young Mikhail Baryshnikov competing -- and winning -- in Moscow in 1969. Baryshnikov performs an excerpt from La Bayadere and a solo from an original ballet by Leonid Jakobson entitled Vestris. Also featured is a young Ludmila Semenyaka performing a scene from Giselle. There is also a rare film clip of Anna Pavlova.
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues his passion for exploring the inner workings of the human body and mind, his many-layered and beautiful dances providing visual, sensual and kinaesthetic stimulus for the viewer"--Container.
80) 1984: a ballet
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Widely lauded by critics, this is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell₂s masterpiece. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinized by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets Julia, he dares to rebel by falling in love. Danced by Northern Ballet, the UK₂s foremost narrative ballet company, to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughly modern take will change the way you think...
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