Kate is conflicted after she is offered her sister Gwen's starring role in a ballet, especially because her jealously prevented her from seeing the signs of the mental breakdown that made Gwen lose the role.
Fourteen-year-old Franny barely copes with high school, having a crush on the school newspaper's editor, and practically being parentless, and then her sister, a promising ballerina, breaks her leg and complicates everything.
A novelized version of the life of ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev that carries the reader from the battlefields of wartime Russia through the flitz of the Euro-American jet set of the 1960s and 1970s and on to the sexual revolution and the ruthless onset of AIDS.
Autobiography of American ballerina Maria Tallchief in which she tells how the daughter of a full-blooded Osage Indian father and a Scots-Irish mother came to be one of the world's legendary performers, and discusses her marriage to ballet master George Balanchine, her other romances, and her illustrious career.
Step-by-step photographs, easy-to-follow instructions and tips from the professionals help the reader (both female and male) prepare for class, do warm-up moves, and basic positions. Further information includes how to look the part, prepare for a performance and ballet stories and famous ballet dancers.
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.
Advice for young ballet students that includes etiquette and grooming, achieving a balance between mind and body, staying focused, developing patience, and presenting an attitude of generosity when dancing for an audience.
