Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After rescuing her Christmas nutcracker from an army of angry toys, Marie and her brother are rewarded by the nutcracker, now a prince, with a fantastic nighttime journey to a realm of dancing fairies, beautiful palaces, and wonderful things to eat.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
May Gibbs' famous children's classic The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie is also a popular children's ballet performed by the Dancers Company of the Australian Ballet School with guest artists from the Australian Ballet. This program includes a brief background of May Gibbs before entering into the magic realm of her characters - Snugglepot, Cuddlepie, Snake, Kookaburra and Ragged Blossom. The delightful ballet brings to life the enchanting...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the music and stories of ballet in the second book of The Very Young Person's Guide To... series. Pull on your pointe shoes and follow our heroes as they explore beautiful scenes inspired by some of ballet's most loved music, including Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Spartacus, and The Firebird. Young readers can discover iconic moments including Swan Lake's Dance of the Cygnets, The Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardée, and Don Quixote's...
Author
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"With a promising career in classical ballet ahead of her, Ellen O'Connell Whittet was devastated when a misstep in rehearsal caused a career-ending injury. Ballet was the love of her life. She lived for her moments under the glare of the stage-lights--gliding through the air, pretending however fleetingly to effortlessly defy gravity.Yet with a debilitating injury forcing her to reconsider her future, she also began to reconsider what she had taken...
7) Grand hotel
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The glitz and glitter of Berlin's Grand Hotel comes alive with this story of love and betrayal.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hidden in Saint Petersburg's famed Mariinsky Theater are the world's tiniest ballet fans: the Mariinsky mice, including Esmeralda, a rising dancer in the Russian Mouse Ballet Company. Despite being unable to control her tail, Esmeralda has just been assigned the lead role of Clara in a ballet debuting at Christmas: The Nutcracker. But when she learns that the new ballet features mice as villains, her excitement turns to horror: the mice of Saint Petersburg...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rupert Christiansen, a renowned dance critic and arts correspondent, presents a sweeping history of the Ballets russes and of Serge Diaghilev's dream of bringing Russian art and culture to the West"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian comrades, worked together to bring a very different and new ballet to a Parisian audienceN"The Rite of Spring"Nand rioting filled the streets! Full color.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of twentieth-century neoclassicism, she experienced the transformative power of the Russian Revolution and created her greatest work - Les Noces - under the influence of its avant-garde. Many of her ballets rested on the probing of gender boundaries, a mistrust of conventional gender roles, and the heightening...
13) Rebels on pointe
Publisher
[Distributed by] Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Exploring universal themes of identity, dreams and family, this film is the first-ever documentary film celebrating the world famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The notorious all-male, drag ballet company was founded over 40 years ago in New York City on the heels of the Stonewall riots, and has a passionate cult following around the world. The film juxtaposes intimate behind-the-scenes access, rich archives and history, engaging character...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Alice Atherton is sent by her father to spend the summer with his dear friends the Murphys who live with their three children and pet monkey in the French Riviera. There, Alice will meet and learn from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time. She visits a junk yard with Pablo Picasso looking for objects to make into art, performs a dance inspired by celestial bodies with the renowned Ballet Russes, and imagines magical adventures...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara, Penguin Random House Grupo Editiorial
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. Su mamá un hada, su papá un vampiro y ella tiene un poquito de los dos. Le encanta el ballet, especialmente cuando se pone su tutú negro. Por eso está deseando ver una actuación de verdad con toda su clase. Pero, cuando se abre el telón...¿dónde está Pinky?"--Amazon.com.
Isadora loves ballet, especially when she's wearing her black tutu, and she can't wait to see a real show at the theatre with...
16) Coppélia
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A dollmaker cleverly schemes to pass his most beautiful doll off as a real girl, but he is outwitted by the townspeople he tries to deceive.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request