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Piccadilly
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Cassie can't wait to return to Sandringham Dance School, she has been missing her friends and the dance lessons she has come to adore. What's more, the sand dancers will be performing 'Blue Moon Ballet' to all the other sand sprites. But the term turns out to be full of intrigue and mystery.
7) Swing time
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Two girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either. Dazzlingly energetic and deeply human, 'Swing Time' is a story about friendship and music and...
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(Dancers of today volume no. 9)
Publisher
Adam & Charles Black
Pub. Date
1956
Language
English
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Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
London, 1936. Inside the spectacular Grand Ballroom of the exclusive Buckingham Hotel the rich and powerful, politicians, film stars, even royalty, rub shoulders with Raymond de Guise and his troupe of talented dancers from all around the world, who must enchant them, captivate them, and sweep away their cares. Accustomed to waltzing with the highest of society, Raymond knows a secret from his past could threaten all he holds dear. Nancy Nettleton,...
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(The dancers at the end of time) volume 3
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Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
Pub. Date
1976
Language
English
13) The hidden wife
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Series
Stitch in Time volume 2
Language
English
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Paris, 1928. Having fled London and been on the run around Europe, Vita Casey has established a new life for herself, keeping a low profile as a dresser at a cabaret hall where Nancy is part of the risque dance troupe. It's a vibrant world of wild parties, drugs and jazz music. But despite the fun, hedonistic lifestyle they lead, Vita longs for a proper career and to re-kindle her dream of designing lingerie. When an opportunity to work for famous...
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Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This book aims to expand dancers' creative potential so that they can improve their technique and perform with more expression by bridging the gap between body and mind. Exercises with direct instructions are included for inspiration.
19) Climax
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Français
Description
Sofia Boutella stars in this French musical horror written and directed by Gaspar No�e. When a group of urban dancers meet at an abandoned boarding school for a three-day rehearsal, they decide to dedicate an evening to a party where they share a bowl of sangria. When they start to hallucinate, they realise that someone has spiked the drink with LSD. As a few of the dancers begin to reveal their darkest secrets while under the influence of the drug,...
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Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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One of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, Gillian Lynne began her career as a ballerina alongside the likes of Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer and Beryl Grey during the Second World War. This unique memoir recalls ballet, the war and a peerless group of dancers.
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