Dunn, Dinah

Summary: "Read 10 stories of talented women who expressed themselves through dance"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 DUN

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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

Beka

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BEK

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"--

Format: text

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 CLA

Jones, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JON

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JONES JON

Sekaran, Shanthi

Summary: Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEK

Holabird, Katharine

Summary: "Angelina is chosen as the lead dancer in Sleeping Mouseling. It's her dream come true! But she can't land all of the steps in her routine...will she keep trying and get it right before the big performance?"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOL

Béka.

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 BEK

Jowitt, 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRAHAM, MARTHA JOW

Baldwin, Neil

Summary: "A biography of the legendary dancer and choreographer"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRAHAM, MARTHA BAL

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BRO

Holabird, 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!

Format: text

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!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOL (BASKET)

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLA

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2021

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1 available in Sight and Sound Holiday Display, Call number: DVD FAMILY CHR

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOL

Summary: "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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRE

Summary: Frankie is an African-American go-go dancer with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She struggles to retain her true self while fighting against two very different personalities: a seven-year-old girl named Genius, and a Southern white racist named Alice. Inspired by a remarkable true story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRA

Summary: From director Gaspar Noe comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one night. A troupe of young dancers gathers in a remote and empty school building to rehearse. Afterward, they begin an all-night celebration that turns nightmarish as they discover they've been pounding sangria laced with potent LSD....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLI

Summary: Valentine Wilmot, the owner of the popular Picadilly Club finds his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles, has quit and that the public has judged Victor's partner Mabel as over the hill. Though they are lovers, Valentine must find another dancer to replace Mabel or face an uncertain future.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PIC