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Summary: Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in 1930's Harlem at the famed Apollo and Cotton Club. Together again, they're dancing to standing ovations and sharing stories of the Harlem Renaissance.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEE

Summary: Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories behind renowned companies such as The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. Explore the lives and achievements of dancers across the centuries, such as Margot Fonteyn, Carlos Acosta, and Darcey Bussell. Meet composers and choreographers, from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited, DK, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 792.8 BAL

Summary: Prince Siegfried sees a swan on the lake who turns into the enchanted princess Odette. She can only be saved by the true love of another. This the Prince promises her, but he is tricked by a wicked magician who disguises his daughter as the swan-maiden. Siegfried and his love leap to their death thus destroying the evil power of the magician.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2002

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Butler, Jean

Summary: Irish dance performance and instruction featuring Jean Butler.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 JEA

Henthorn, Kenda

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Summary: "As three tired tots settle into bed for the night, the sheep who should be helping them count down to sleep kick up their hooves instead in an energetic dance performance"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022

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Summary: Provides an overview of the history of dance in the Baroque period and explores the elements that help illuminate the historical preservation of dance. Examines the creative process through dance notation, arm embellishments, spatial patterns, the dance-music relationship, and artistic interpretation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dancetime Production 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 ART

Summary: Authur Mitchell introduces this studio recording of Agnes de Mille's "Fall River legend'" based on the story of Lizzie Borden. Accused in 1892 of the brutal killing of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. Borden experienced aa dramatic life of love, sadness, and ultimately murder, rendered here in a dance performance.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS DAN

Holabird, Katharine

Summary: Nervous about her big dance performance the next day, Angelina Ballerina goes through a comforting bedtime routine with her parents that eases her worries and brings her sweet dreams.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOL

Dench, Judi

Summary: "Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by pre-ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the playsand tales of our beloved Shakespeare. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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