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-- My Billy Elliot storyBy Ko, Alex[2013], Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: Performing Arts Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The autobiography of American dancer Alex Ko.
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2007., Juvenile, Feiwel and Friends Call No: 618.92 836 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the true story of how five little girls who suffer from cerebral palsy had their dreams come true by becoming ballerinas.
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2007., Primary, Feiwel and Friends Call No: 792.8 THOMPSON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the true story of how five little girls who suffer from cerebral palsy had their dreams come true by becoming ballerinas.
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[2019]., Henry Holt and Company Call No: B Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A lyrical picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way. From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, Brave Ballerina is the story of a remarkable pioneer as told by Michelle Meadows, with fantastic illustrations from Ebony Glenn.
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c2001., Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A creative minds biographySummary Note: Provides information about the life and career of renowned Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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2008, Pre-adolescent, Walker & Co Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.
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2008, c2007., Primary, Walker & Co. Call No: 792.8 CUNXIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author describes his experiences training and performing as a dancer, discussing his acceptance into the Beijing Dance Academy as a child, travel to America, supportive family, and other related topics.
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2002., H.N. Abrams Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist who devoted most of his artwork to the subject of ballet.
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c2007., Capstone Press Call No: B CIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Fact finders.Summary Note: An introduction to the life of Evelyn Cisneros, the Mexican American dancer who became the prima ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet.
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2022., Juvenile, Penguin Workshop Call No: NL E THU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage"--
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2022., Juvenile, Penguin Workshop Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Details member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and Sandia Pueblo Ria Thundercloud's discovery of her love of dance, first through traditional Indigenous styles of jingle dance and the fancy shawl and then through classical styles of tap, jazz, ballet, modern, and contemporary. Explores how Thundercloud felt like an outsider at school as the only Indigenous girl in class, but dance allowed her to express herself and has taken her all around the world as a professional dancer.
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2022., Juvenile, Penguin Workshop Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Details member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and Sandia Pueblo Ria Thundercloud's discovery of her love of dance, first through traditional Indigenous styles of jingle dance and the fancy shawl and then through classical styles of tap, jazz, ballet, modern, and contemporary. Explores how Thundercloud felt like an outsider at school as the only Indigenous girl in class, but dance allowed her to express herself and has taken her all around the world as a professional dancer.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe Fred Astaire's humble dancing beginnings and the years he spent dancing with his sister, Adele.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Knopf Call No: Performing Arts Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the true story of Zhongmei Lei, an eleven-year-old girl in 1977 who won one of twelve spots at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy, and whose determination to remain in the school impressed teachers and students alike; and discusses how Zhongmei, whose name means Faithful Plum, went on to form her own dance company which debuted in New York when she was in her late twenties.
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2012, c2011., Pre-adolescent, Yearling Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biography of a young girl from China who achieved her dreams of dancing.
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c2011., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B LI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the life and journey of Zhongmei Lei, whose name means Faithful Plum, from her life as a poor country girl to the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy to founding her own dance company. Includes full-color and black-and-white photographs.
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c2011., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B LI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the life and journey of Zhongmei Lei, whose name means Faithful Plum, from her life as a poor country girl to the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy to founding her own dance company. Includes full-color and black-and-white photographs.
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2018., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: Biography COPELAND Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?"--