Hackett, Jane.
Summary: Step-by-step photographs, easy-to-follow instructions and tips from the professionals help the reader (both female and male) prepare for class, do warm-up moves, and basic positions. Further information includes how to look the part, prepare for a performance and ballet stories and famous ballet dancers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 HACNebres, Charlotte
Summary: "The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN NEBClay, Kathryn.
Summary: "Simple text and photographs present ballet dancing, including simple steps"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J792.8 CLAGrindley, Sally.
Summary: "It's the day of the big show at Laura's ballet school. Suddenly disaster strikes! Can Laura help save the show?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013
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Summary: A history of ballet provides plot synopses of famous ballets and introduces the language, steps, and costumes of the dance.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J WHITE CHIBray-Moffatt, Naia.
Summary: Text and photographs present the activities at a ballet studio where young children warm up, practice the five basic positions, exercise at the barre, and watch teenage ballet dancers perform.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine BrayGrindley, Sally.
Summary: Follows the activities of a group of young students in their ballet class.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 792.8 GRIAllman, John Robert
Summary: "An alphabetic celebration of the world of ballet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ALLCapucilli, Alyssa Satin
Summary: Photographs of young ballet dancers demonstrate warm-up exercises, the first two positions and other simple steps, and working at the barre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE CAPCastle, Kate.
Summary: An introduction to ballet, discussing its history, costumes, steps, performances, and other aspects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 CASFarley, Taylor
Summary: "If you think you might like ballet, this book covers the basics on clothing, rules, and skills for beginner ballet stars"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 FARCastle, Kate.
Summary: Introduction for young readers to all aspects of the world of the ballet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 CASRinaldi, Robin.
Summary: An introduction to ballet, discussing the history, styles and famous dancers and choreographers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 792.8 RINSlegers, Liesbet
Summary: Introduces the life of a ballerina, describing how professional dancers take care of their health, wear special shoes, and rehearse diligently for their performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2015
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Summary: Provides a simple introduction to French artist Edgar Degas and his pastel paintings of ballerinas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MERDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED DEPLyon, Lea
Summary: Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOViña, Rose
Summary: "As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALOLyons, Kelly Starling
Summary: "The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LYOGourley, Catherine
Summary: A biography of the Osage Indian ballerina whose love of dance took her from a life on a reservation to a career on the stage.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TALLCHIEFDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DEPCurlee, Lynn
Summary: Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Teen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NIJHowden, Sarah
Summary: Presents the life of the African-American dancer, describing her childhood, her ballet training, and her work with the American Ballet Theatre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2020
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Summary: Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017