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Author: Jill Krementz
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 1986-08-01
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780440492122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Photographs of a ten-year-old student in George Balanchine's School of American Ballet, supplemented by her descriptions of her feelings and experiences, provide insight to the excitement and hard work involved in auditioning and rehearsing for and playin
Author: Valerie Gladstone
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-03-31
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780805082333
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Meet Iman Bright, a thirteen-year-old student at the prestigious Ailey School in New York City. Iman is passionate about dance, but she also enjoys drawing, playing music, and of course, hanging out with her friends. Follow Iman as she warms up at the barre, practices violin, and gets ready for a performance with her fellow students. In descriptive words and striking photographs, this informative picture book provides fascinating insight into the world of dance through the voice of one very talented young performer.
Author: Olympia Dowd
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780761329176
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An autobiography of a Canadian ballet student who, while still in her early teens, was offered the chance to study and tour with the Moscow City Ballet.
Author: Eliza Gaynor Minden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-11-01
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1416595716
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A New Classic for Today's Dancer The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including: Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems An illustrated guide through ballet class -- warm-up, barre, and center floor Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette. Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a lively mix of ballet's time-honored traditions and essential new information.
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Publisher: Yearling
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A beautifully photographed, expertly produced study of a young athlete.
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Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A nine-year-old girl who starred in a workshop production of "Annie 2" describes her experiences on and off stage, from auditions through rehearsals to opening night.
Author: Nancy Ellison
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780789309761
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What little girl doesn't dream of becoming a ballerina? This book follows a promising young dancer as she goes through her routine, from doing her hair and learning how to wear pointe shoes to teaching some basics to an even younger dancer. Full color.
Author: Darcey Bussell
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780751370195
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Poses and movements as demonstrated by students of the Royal Ballet School.
Author: Chan Hon Goh
Publisher: Tundra Books
Published: 2009-06-05
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1770490647
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominated for The Rocky Mountain Book Award (An Alberta Children's Choice Book Award) Nominated for the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction An elegant, expressive dancer, Chan Hon Goh is one of the ballet world’s great stars. She is a brilliant technician possessing a delicate beauty and radiant stage presence. Born in Beijing to dancer parents, she tells the story of their flight to Canada from an oppressive regime that thwarted her father’s career, her rigorous training, and her battle to achieve acceptance as the only Chinese-born prima ballerina in the history of the National Ballet. This fascinating look at the life of a dancer will appeal not only to the legions of Chan Hon Goh’s admirers and to students of ballet, but also to young readers who understand what it is to pursue a dream.
Author: Chloe Angyal
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 2021-05-04
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1645036723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its future Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance. In Turning Pointe, journalist Chloe Angyal captures the intense love for ballet that so many dancers feel, while also grappling with its devastating shortcomings: the power imbalance of an art form performed mostly by women, but dominated by men; the impossible standards of beauty and thinness; and the racism that keeps so many people of color out of ballet. As the rigid traditions of ballet grow increasingly out of step with the modern world, a new generation of dancers is confronting these issues head on, in the studio and on stage. For ballet to survive the twenty-first century and forge a path into a more socially just future, this reckoning is essential.
