ballet dancers

Fancy Nancy gives her father his first ballet lesson.

Presents a biography of Maria Tallchief, the Osage Indian ballerina whose love of dance took her from a life on a reservation to a career on the stage.

The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

As the first female African American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history, Misty Copeland has been a constant game changer during her illustrious career. This is a story for all the kids who dare to be different, dream bigger, and want to break stereotypes in whatever they do.

A story that follows the everyday life of two girls, one a professional ballerina, the other a student, both of whom love ballet.

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

Text and photographs present the activities at a ballet studio where young children warm up, practice the five basic positions, exercice at the barr, and watch teenage ballet dancers perform.

Cassie is surprised when she sees how competitive the dancers at a prestigious ballet school's summer intensive are, and, even though she wants to focus on her dance, she knows she must do something after she witnesses real harm being done to some of the students.

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.