Download or read book Ballet Stars written by Joan Holub and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ballet class to rehearsal for the big show to the final curtsies—budding ballet stars show emergent readers each step and pirouette along the way! This Step 1 story has big type and easy words, rhyme and rhythm, and picture clues and two sheets of irresistably adorable stickers. It's a natural for young readers who are learning ballet or aspire to take ballet classes.
Download or read book Ballet Star written by Nicola Baxter and published by Armadillo. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her grandmother takes her to watch the ballet, Star is captivated by the ballerinas in their beautiful dresses and decides that she wants to be just like the graceful girls on stage. A week later she is given a pink leotard, a little floaty skirt, pale pink tights and pretty ballet shoes. She begins her ballet lessons and learns about standing in first position, pointing her toes and balancing - but soon realizes that it's going to take a very long time, and a lot of hard work. Fortunately, granny has some wise words of encouragement... This delightful tale, told in simple language and illustrated with enchanting drawings throughout, makes a lovely first storybook for young readers. A glittery finish on the cover makes this volume a pleasure to read, and it is sure to inspire every little girl who dreams of becoming a ballet star.
Download or read book Little Ballet Star written by Adèle Geras and published by Orchard (NY). This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tilly is back in the limelight! It's Tilly's birthday and she's off to a REAL theatre with her auntie, a REAL ballerina! Join Tilly as she steps backstage to experience the excitement of a ballet performance, from the dressing rooms to centre stage! But will Tilly be given the chance to dance under the spotlight? Of course she will! This is the magical sequel to the bestselling The Ballet Class. Contains CD.
Download or read book Taking Flight written by Michaela DePrince and published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States"--
Download or read book A Very Young Dancer written by Jill Krementz and published by Yearling Books. This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book My Ballet Dream written by Adèle Geras and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tutu Tilly been busy practising her ballet steps for the recital, but will everything go to plan on the big day? Will her dreams come true.
Download or read book Little Ballerina written by Sarah Gibb and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop up novelty book! Have fun with Izzy as she gets ready for her first ever ballet show! Bursting with pop-ups and special ballet gifts - inside you'll find everything needed to be a beautiful ballerina too. 2 yrs+
Download or read book Little Dance written by Sleeping Bear Press and published by Little (Sleeping Bear Press). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like to dance? You may want to give it a chance! Enjoy these riddles and the rhyme. Get the answers every time.
Download or read book Little Ballerina written by Marianne Loibl and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De 5-jarige Sofie gaat op balletles. Samen met haar klasje oefent ze voor een voorstelling. Prentvertelling met grote kleurentekeningen en informatie over onder andere balletles, kleding, posities en plankenkoorts. Vanaf ca. 5 tot 9 jaar.
Download or read book Kimberly the Little Ballerina Paper Doll written by Tom Tierney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999-01-20 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One adorable doll and 8 costumes -- for practice sessions, "Dance of the Clowns," "Kitty Capers," "Toy Shop Jamboree," a "Yankee Doodle" tap number, and more.
Download or read book Taking Flight From War Orphan to Star Ballerina written by Michaela DePrince and published by Ember. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary memoir of an orphan who danced her way from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom, most recently appearing in Beyonce’s Lemonade and as a principal in a major American dance company. "Michaela is nothing short of a miracle, born to be a ballerina. For every young brown, yellow, and purple dancer, she is an inspiration!” —Misty Copeland, world-renowned ballet dancer Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a “devil child” for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is now the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has appeared in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as on Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Nightline. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet’s most exciting rising stars. “Michaela DePrince is the embodiment of what it means to fight for your dream.” —Today “Michaela DePrince is a role model for girls on and off stage.” —NYLON
Download or read book Twenty Bites written by BRYAN HENRY. ISLIP and published by Bryan Islip - Author. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20 pieces of short fiction in this collection--18 in prose and two in narrative verse--are literary and dramatic, but without horror.
Download or read book Rhythm Incarnate Tribute to Shanti Bardhan written by Asoke K. Bhattacharyya and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Contemporary India Classical Dance Became Extinct, Except In South India, Where Bharat Natyam Was Still Performed In The Temples By Deva Dasis, And In Eastern India, Specially In Orissa And Manipur, Where Odissi, Chou And Manipuri Were In Active Practice. Shanti Bardhan, Younger Colleague Of Udai Shankar, Initiated Synthesis Of Gesture Language Of The Ancient Classical Style With The Rhythm Of Folk Dances And Free Movements Of Kurt Joos, In A New Style In Which He Composed India Immortal Dance And Drama. After The Success Of This Free Style Ballet, He Brought Together A Troupe Of Young Female And Male Students And Choreographed Dance Dramas Based On Panchatantra And Other Stories. These Dance Dramas Moved The Initiated And The Native Among On Lookers In Various Parts Of India To Appreciation Of Dance Itself.
Download or read book Days on Earth written by Marcia B. Siegel and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, Days on Earth--originally published in 1988 (Yale University Press)--traces the dance career and artistic development of one of the founders of American modern dance. In this biography of dance pioneer Doris Humphrey, Marcia B. Siegel follows Humphrey's career from her days with the Denishawn Company (among fellos students like Martha Graham) to her creative partnership with Charles Weidman to her tenure as artistic director of protégé José Limon's dance company. Siegel's reconsideration and description of Humphrey's dances, including many that are no longer performed, sheds important light on this pathbreaking dancer/choreographer.
Download or read book The Dancer Within written by Rose Eichenbaum and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dancer Within is a collection of photographic portraits and short essays based on confessional interviews with forty dancers and entertainers, many of them world-famous. Well-known on the concert stage, on Broadway, in Hollywood musicals, and on television, the personalities featured in this book speak with extraordinary candor about all stages of the dancer's life—from their first dance class to their signature performances and their days of reflection on the artist's life. The Dancer Within reveals how these artists triumphed, but also how they overcame adversity, including self-doubt, injuries, and aging. Most of all, this book is about the courage, commitment, love, and passion of these performers in their quest for artistic excellence. The reader will quickly realize that "the dancer within" is a metaphor of the human spirit.
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intruders written by Mohale Mashigo and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman kills a man with her shoe. A genomicist is accused of playing God when she creates a fatherless child. Intruders is a collection that explores how it feels not to belong. These are stories of unremarkable people thrust into extraordinary situations by events beyond their control. With a unique and memorable touch, Mohale Mashigo explores the everyday ills we live with and wrestle constantly, all the while allowing hidden energies to emerge and play out their unforeseen consequences. Intruders is speculative fiction at its best.
