Angelina and Alice are so excited to spend time together at the beach! They collect seashells, build sandcastles, play in the waves, and dance! But then Angelina accidentally upsets Alice. Will a heartfelt apology and some creativity be enough to reconcile the two friends?

"Cloudberry Castle School of Ballet is finally open, and Katie Mackenzie's dreams are about to come true. She can dance all day, make lots of new friends, and be taught by a real ballerina from the Scottish Ballet. Then spoiled brat Leo arrives, with her pony and private chauffer, and Katie's dreams turn sour. Will she out-dance Katie to play the principal role in the Christmas show? And will a ghostly presence lead the girls to uncover more of the...

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet. An insecure ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan Lake but slowly loses her grip on sanity when a seductive newcomer is out to steal her role.

Deb, a former ballet dancer turned full-time mom, avoids acknowledging the infidelities of her husband Jack, a well-known New York artist. An anonymously sent package of printed emails chroncling Jack's secret life arrives, addressed to Deb. It is delivered instead into the hands of her children. Family members spin aprt into separate orbits, abandoning New York in an attempt to regain their bearings.

Paris, 1878. After their father's sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodgings seems imminent. With few options for work, fourteen-year-old Marie is dispatched to the Paris Opera, where for a scant salary of seventy francs a month she will be trained to enter the famous Ballet. Her older sister,...

A look at two Brazilian teenagers who feel the only way out of the poverty and strife they live in is to join a well-known dance troupe from North America. Determined to beat the odds and follow their dream, these dancers will do whatever it takes to break free from their lives, and into a new one.

Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.

Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S. as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and discusses his eventual defection to the West.

"It's John's big day at school today--a performance for Sharing Gifts time. His bag is carefully packed and prepared, his classmates are ready, and the curtain is waiting to open. John is nervous, looking out at all the other children staring back at him. But he takes a big breath and begins. Mac Barnett's compassionate text and Kate Berube's understated and expressive art tell the story of a kid who finds the courage to show others his talent for...

Explores the history of ballet, what is involved in becoming a ballet dancer, and what to look for when watching a ballet performance.