ballet dancing

Determined to make a name for themselves, three adopted sisters living in London train for the ballet and the stage and in the process discover that each has a special talent.

When Angelina and her fellow dancers travel by ship to a dance festival in Dacovia, she plays a part in helping a friend and averting the ship from disaster.

Introduces the basic ballet positions, barre exercises, and steps; describes several classical ballets; and includes chapters on costuming, makeup, and history of ballet.

A comprehensive reference guide to dance that includes practical advice for getting started, explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems, an illustrated guide to ballet techniques, descriptions of must-see ballets, and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms.

Angelina learns several exercises and movements with her friends at ballet class. Includes punch-out pages for a flip-book in which Angelina dances.

Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.

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

Fifteen-year-old Phebe Knight, a lifelong ballerina who seems to have lost her focus on dance, decides to spend the summer in Switzerland with her father where she meets teenage chess champion Nikolai Kotalev and becomes involved in his obsessive quest to find the perfect teacher.

Lily loves to dance, but after she hurts her leg in an accident, she wonders if she will be able to dance again--until she finds encouragement in a gift from her grandmother.

Lucille's brother and sister try to upstage her during her ballet performance on her fourth birthday, but they do not succeed.