Clarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLASummary: From Baryshnikov to break dancing, from Fred and Ginger to Shirley and Bojangles, from movement depicted on Grecian urns to the kaleidoscopic pizzazz of Busby Berkely spectaculars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AILAdams, Jennifer
Summary: "This board book features soldiers marching, mice prancing, snowflakes swirling, dolls bending, and buffoons skipping as a way to introduce basic movement terms to babies and toddlers"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2017
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Summary: The adventures of best friends Julie, Luce, and Alia continue in the second "Dance Class" graphic novel. School is in session again and this time the girls are working on a ballet of "Romeo and Juliet." When new student Tim is cast in the role of Romeo, the three girls find themselves competing for his affections. Can they get this production on its feet without ruining their friendship? --from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BEKSummary: Tells the life and love story of Argentina's most famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OURJones, Jennifer
Summary: In this inspiring picture book autobiography, the first Black Radio City Rockette shares how she proved that everything is possible when you believe you belong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JONES JONSummary: Alex Owens is a fiercely determined 18-year-old with one all-consuming dream: to study at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. Working during the day as a welder and at night as an exotic dancer, Alex bravely pursues her dream. As she undertakes an unforgettable journey that reveals the power of her convictions, she will also learn the meaning of love. Special features include featurettes, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLASummary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.Baldwin, Neil
Summary: "A biography of the legendary dancer and choreographer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRAHAM, MARTHA BALJowitt, Deborah
Summary: "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 choreographers across the globe. Over her sweeping career, she founded what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRAHAM, MARTHA JOWSummary: After Avery's storybook Christmas wedding is canceled, a dance instructor helps her face her fears in life and fulfill her dream of learning to dance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2021
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1 available in Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: DVD FAMILY CHRCooper, Elisha.
Summary: Come join the dance company. Stretch. Think. Learn. Move. Together. Rehearse. Rehearse. Rehearse. Music. Lights. Costumes. Now it's opening night ... dance!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 COODunn, Dinah
Summary: "Read 10 stories of talented women who expressed themselves through dance"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 DUNBeka
Summary: "A new student, Maya, joins Lucy, Alia, and Julie in Dance Class, but it seems her true passion is on the basketball court. Maya must nimbly overcome her competitive spirit and use her tall stature to be a MVD, most valuable dancer. Things are also heating up between Alia and her boyfriend Evan, but will he miss a step when he forgets their anniversary? And all this and more takes place as all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BEKSummary: A young dancing prodigy and his big brother find themselves homeless in New York, until a kindly dance teacher and his granddaughter take them in and change their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRESummary: A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BROHolabird, Katharine
Summary: No dream is too big or to small... especially for Angelina! Join Angelina as she remembers her very first dreams of becoming a dancer. From dancing in her first ballet shoes to doing her first arabesque, to her biggest dream of all -- to one day becoming a prima ballerina!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOL (BASKET)Holabird, Katharine
Summary: When Angelina accidentally embarrasses herself in ballet class after being off for summer break, she isn't so enthusiastic about returning to ballet school, but with encouragement from family and friends, Angelina learns that making mistakes shouldn't stop her from doing what she loves most: dancing!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021