ballet dancing

A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opera ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer.".

Sara, a high school junior, leaves her life and loved ones behind to move to a new city and stay with a host family after winning a coveted scholarship to study ballet, and though she finds comfort in the arms of Rem, a choreographer in his early twenties, she begins to think he might be using her, and a budding interest in writing makes her question whether ballet is the future she really wants.

Sixteen-year old Stephanie struggles to perfect her ballet dancing as her classes are complicated by the introduction of a new male dancer.

For Ava and the other animal dancers, ballet class is an exciting experience.

Two little girls attend ballet class and eat strawberry ice cream afterwards.

Lili dreams of becoming a ballerina and goes to her ballet lessons four afternoons a week.

Allegra takes her little dog Jake to ballet class for the rehearsal of "The Nutcracker, " and he proves himself to be a very good dancer.

Angelina Ballerina learns lessons about friendship, family, and fairness as she dances her way through six stories: "Angelina and the Butterfly, " "The Costume Ball, " "Two Mice in a Boat, " "Angelina and the Rag Doll, " "Angelina in the Wings, " and "A Day at the Fair.".

Relates the fortunes of three adopted sisters who take dancing and stage training, one to become an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix.

Hannah Ward, nineteen, revels in the competition, intense rehearsals, and dazzling performances that come with being a member of Manhattan Ballet Company's corps de ballet, but after meeting handsome musician Jacob she begins to realize there could be more to her life.