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Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Heartbreaker and Tiny Pretty Things. Ballet is Aisha's life. So when she's denied yet another lead at her elite academy because she doesn't "look" the part, she knows something has to change-the constant discrimination is harming her mental...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation Brown Girls Do Ballet, this stunning coffee-table book showcases breathtaking images of ballerinas of color of all ages and levels that reflect today's beautifully diverse world of dance." -- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The wildly entertaining memoir of the legendary Chita Rivera -- multi-Tony Award winner, Kennedy Center honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom." --
"She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero--until the entertainment world renamed her. But Dolores--the irreverent side of the sensual, dark, and ferocious Chita--was always present and influential in creating some of Broadway's most iconic roles, including Anita in West...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"No two dances were the same. Each one was beautiful because it was different - just like how Sydney's body was also beautiful because it was different. Sydney Mesher was born with ten toes and five fingers. But it was her toes that her mum noticed first. 'I can tell she's going to be a dancer,' she said. And it turned out Mum was right--after years of hard work, Sydney eventually danced her way onto the famous stage of Radio City Music Hall, becoming...
6) Pas de don't
Author
Publisher
Amberjack Publishing, an imprint of Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Heather Hays finally has everything she's worked for--she was promoted principal dancer and is engaged to her forever crush, ballet royalty Jack Andersen. But after Jack is caught cheating, Heather's near-perfect life comes crashing down. Determined to prove that she rose to the top on her own merits, she accepts a guest position from the only company that will hire her without Jack: the Australian National Ballet. There she meets Marcus Campbell,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, one of the great American artists of the twentieth century"--
"In the pantheon of American modernists, few figures loom larger than Martha Graham. One of the greatest choreographers ever to live, Graham pioneered a revolutionary dance technique--primal, dynamic, and rooted in the emotional life of the body--that upended traditional vocabulary and shaped generations of dancers and...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and triumph, reveal the sacrifices they've made for their children, for friendship and for art.
Author
Series
All Saints volume 4
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her picture-perfect life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons on her pointe shoes, Bailey Followhill, a student at Juilliard, finds salvation in the arms of her best friend, golden boy Lev Cole, who is trying to save both his dream of becoming a pilot-and her"--
10) Chita
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Era conocida como Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, hasta que Broadway le cambió el nombre. Pero Dolores, el lado irreverente de Chita Rivera, que es sensual, oscura y feroz, nunca se alejó de la acción, y ella informó y dio forma a algunos de los papeles más aclamados del ícono de Broadway, incluidos Anita en West Side Story, Rosie en Bye Bye Birdie, Velma en Chicago y Aurora en El Beso de la Mujer Araña. Con el deseo de llegar a los...
11) La Gran Mara
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Bienvenido a Sametown donde todos y todo es... bueno... lo mismo. ¡Excepto Mara! Ella es un poco diferente. Ella es brillante. Ella es soleada. Y, a diferencia de sus compañeros de clase, que planean realizar un acto de magia similar en el concurso de talentos de la escuela, ¡ella va a bailar, bailar, bailar! Un problema: todos en Sametown, sus compañeros de clase, su maestra, todos piensan que no debería hacerlo. Y no es solo (al parecer) porque...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked...
Author
Publisher
Delphinium
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Living with her Babby after her parents' death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad's legendary Vaganova Ballet School. In the world of elite dance, she works hard, falls in love, and weathers the Soviet Union's ubiquitous antisemitism, but despite an impressive talent, she quickly learns that dancers of her "profile" don't make prima ballerinas. Love of Leningrad, ballet, friends, family, and books sustain Dinah until history...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A critical biography of Alexei Ratmansky -- the most significant international classical choreographer of our day -- written with his full cooperation and the support of American Ballet Theatre, the company of which he is resident choreographer"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Adele Astaire was a glittering, glamorous star, dancing with her brother, Fred, endearing herself to audiences from New York to London. But although she is toasted by royalty and beloved by countless fans, Adele Astaire has dreams of a loving husband and a houseful of children. And when she meets Lord Charles Cavendish, her wishes may just come true, but at what cost? Ever since Violet Wood could walk she's wanted to dance on the London stage. Befriended...
17) Enebro & Espina
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Marlinchen y sus dos hermanas viven con su padre mago en una ciudad que cambia de la magia a la industria. Como las últimas brujas verdaderas de Oblya, ella y sus hermanas son poco más que una trampa para turistas, ya que tratan a sus clientes con remedios arcaicos y los seducen con nostálgicos Marlinchen pasa sus días adivinando secretos a cambio de rublos y tratando de aplacar a su padre tiránico y xenófobo, que mantiene a sus hijas aisladas...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Nick Freeman works hard as the star of the weekly karaoke night at his bar, hoping his singing talent...will distract from his cerebral palsy. But one night at the bar, watching a professional dancer light up the dance floor with her boyfriend, he realizes that entertaining strangers will never give him a fraction of the joy he sees in this woman's eyes. When Hayley Burke notices Nick's reaction to her dancing, she urges him to acknowledge his passion...
20) XOXO, Cody: an opinionated homosexual's guide to self-love, relationships, and tactful pettiness
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The beloved Peloton Instructor and Dancing with the Stars finalist chronicles his journey from small town North Carolina to New York City stardom in an empowering essay collection that reveals his secret to success: not taking yourself--or life--too seriously. Cody Rigsby has a lot of opinions: Kevin is the hottest Backstreet Boy; grape jelly is a crime against nature; if you wear flip-flops in New York City, you do not love yourself. But if there...
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