ballet dancing

To help save for her elite ballet academy tryouts, Noelle accompanies her favorite babysitting clients on their Christmas holiday, and when their son Wyatt unexpectedly arrives Noelle keeps accidentally stepping on his toes despite him being the pas de deux partner of her dreams.

"T?o loves to dance, whether it's the cumbia with Pap?, the bhangra with Amma, or ballet class with Miss Lila. He also loves the way his tutu makes him feel, inside and out. But when it comes time to decide which outfit to wear in the big dance recital--a sparkly tutu or shimmering silver pants--T?o wonders if being his most authentic self on stage will put him too much in the spotlight"--OCLC.

Zuri Ray loves trying extraordinary new things but when Jessie, her best friend from diapers, chooses ballet Zuri Ray finds it too challenging until the teacher encourages her to be herself.

Millie's excitement over her first ballet class fades when she learns how hard it is, but after class she is encouraged by the Ballet Bunnies that secretly live in the studio.

Cason Martin has become the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory, and it is not really her choice--her mother, the conservatory's artistic director, has made all of Cason's decisions for her, and being a ballerina was not Cason's choice. Soon, however, there will be no choice for anyone--Cason has been hiding a serious injury, worse than anyone could imagine.

"Preparations for a doomed stage production of the classic ballet goes from terribly bad to ridiculously worse. But it's Christmas Eve and help is on the way!"--Provided by the publisher.

After years of ballet Jada feels she is ready to go "on pointe," but the process is more complicated than she realized. From being measured and fitted for the shoes to tying the laces correctly, she still has a lot to learn, and that is before she actually tries to walk in pointe shoes, which seems to use muscles she was barely aware of. For the first time Jada finds that ballet hurts.

"An emotional story about a former ballerina who is thrust back into 'normal' high school after a life-changing injury, and who comes to terms with life without her passion as well as discrimination in the ballet world"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by a mysterious and handsome young master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate. But when flashes of memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she's been leading start to appear, Penny begins to question the world around her. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules she has to follow. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it's too late.

Kate and Marine, best friends and longtime students at the intensely competitive Paris Opera Ballet School, must decide what price they are willing to pay to win the only available spot in the professional ballet company that operates the school.