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ISBN: 9780780785182
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Languages : en
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Ellie & the Bunheads
Ellie and the Bunheads
Author: Random House Children's Books
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780676762372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780676762372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Ellie and the Bunheads
Author: Sally Warner
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679890973
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Ellie explores the ups and downs of becoming a teenager and a serious ballet dancer.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679890973
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Ellie explores the ups and downs of becoming a teenager and a serious ballet dancer.
Ballet Class
Author: Melissa R. Klapper
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190908688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Surveying the state of American ballet in a 1913 issue of McClure's Magazine, author Willa Cather reported that few girls expressed any interest in taking ballet class and that those who did were hard-pressed to find anything other than dingy studios and imperious teachers. One hundred years later, ballet is everywhere. There are ballet companies large and small across the United States; ballet is commonly featured in film, television, literature, and on social media; professional ballet dancers are spokespeople for all kinds of products; nail polish companies market colors like "Ballet Slippers" and "Prima Ballerina;" and, most importantly, millions of American children have taken ballet class. Beginning with the arrival of Russian dancers like Anna Pavlova, who first toured the United States on the eve of World War I, Ballet Class: An American History explores the growth of ballet from an ancillary part of nineteenth-century musical theater, opera, and vaudeville to the quintessential extracurricular activity it is today, pursued by countless children nationwide and an integral part of twentieth-century American childhood across borders of gender, class, race, and sexuality. A social history, Ballet Class takes a new approach to the very popular subject of ballet and helps ground an art form often perceived to be elite in the experiences of regular, everyday people who spent time in barre-lined studios across the United States. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, including children's books, memoirs by professional dancers and choreographers, pedagogy manuals, and dance periodicals, in addition to archival collections and oral histories, this pathbreaking study provides a deeply-researched national perspective on the history and significance of recreational ballet class in the United States and its influence on many facets of children's lives, including gender norms, consumerism, body image, children's literature, extracurricular activities, and popular culture.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190908688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Surveying the state of American ballet in a 1913 issue of McClure's Magazine, author Willa Cather reported that few girls expressed any interest in taking ballet class and that those who did were hard-pressed to find anything other than dingy studios and imperious teachers. One hundred years later, ballet is everywhere. There are ballet companies large and small across the United States; ballet is commonly featured in film, television, literature, and on social media; professional ballet dancers are spokespeople for all kinds of products; nail polish companies market colors like "Ballet Slippers" and "Prima Ballerina;" and, most importantly, millions of American children have taken ballet class. Beginning with the arrival of Russian dancers like Anna Pavlova, who first toured the United States on the eve of World War I, Ballet Class: An American History explores the growth of ballet from an ancillary part of nineteenth-century musical theater, opera, and vaudeville to the quintessential extracurricular activity it is today, pursued by countless children nationwide and an integral part of twentieth-century American childhood across borders of gender, class, race, and sexuality. A social history, Ballet Class takes a new approach to the very popular subject of ballet and helps ground an art form often perceived to be elite in the experiences of regular, everyday people who spent time in barre-lined studios across the United States. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, including children's books, memoirs by professional dancers and choreographers, pedagogy manuals, and dance periodicals, in addition to archival collections and oral histories, this pathbreaking study provides a deeply-researched national perspective on the history and significance of recreational ballet class in the United States and its influence on many facets of children's lives, including gender norms, consumerism, body image, children's literature, extracurricular activities, and popular culture.
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Author: Gary C. Tarbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Author: East Brunswick Public Library (N.J.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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