ballet dancing

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ballet dancing

Winter season

a dancer's journal
2003
Presents the journal of Toni Bentley's life as a dancer for the New York City Ballet, her day-to-day activities, and the emotional struggles that members of George Balanchine's troupe faced.

Last dance

1999
Artistic and romantic rivalries continue at Dance Tech, the combined ballet and ballroom dancing school, as Roxanne discovers a secret about Sophy's father and plots to use it to ruin the ballerina's life.

Chasing Degas

2009
During the Impressionism era, a young ballet dancer races around Paris searching for Monsieur Degas, who accidentally took her bag--and the tutu she needs for the recital in which she is to perform that night. Includes reproductions of paintings by French Impressionist artists.

Latin nights

1998
When the ballet instructor at Dance Tech decides that Inez will be Ray's partner, Daly sees the writing on the wall.

Moving as one

1998
Carlos and Sophy do not like each other until his ballroom dancing emerges with her ballet school, they must deal with a growing mutual attraction.

In the spotlight

1998
When a famous choreographer comes to town to stage a gala for their dance school, sixteen-year-old prima ballerina Sophy finds herself in competition with her boyfriend's sister.

Body lines

1998
When sixteen-year-old Daly Flanagan's dance scholarship is in jeopardy, she decides to go on a dangerous diet.

Jessi and the jewel thieves

1993
Jessi can't wait to get to New York City to see her friend Quint dance in his first big ballet.

Poopsie Pomerantz, pick up your feet

1989
Poopsie's plans for self-improvement include losing enough weight to fit into a medium-sized bathing suit and becoming a prima ballerina.

Classical ballet technique

1989
In more than 2,600 photographs dancers demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire from the most basic ballet to the advanced.

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