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Format:

Book

Author:

Nathan, Amy.

Title:

Meet the dancers : from ballet, Broadway, and beyond / Amy Nathan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Henry Holt, 2008.

Description:

231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary:

Dancers from all kinds of backgrounds talk about their different paths to success as ballerinas, modern dancers, music video performers, and Broadway showstoppers.

Target Audience Note:

Ages 9 and up.

Subjects:

Dancers -- Biography.

Dance -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.

Contents:

Dance on -- Gillian Murphy, American Ballet Theatre -- Clifton Brown, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Lauren Anderson, Houston Ballet -- John Selya: from breakdancing to ballet to Broadway -- Teresa Reichlen, New York City Ballet -- Amar Ramasar, New York City Ballet -- Lauren Grant, Mark Morris Dance Group -- David Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group -- Julie Tice, Paul Taylor Dance Company -- Glenn Allen Sims, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Elizabeth Parkinson: from ballet to modern to Broadway -- Aesha Ash: from jazz to ballet ... and back -- Jamal Story: from modern to Broadway, by way of the stars -- Sarah Wroth, Boston Ballet -- Nick Florez: L.A. dancer -- Nancy Lemenager, Broadway dancer.

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Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

2007027589

ISBN:

9780805080711

0805080716

Other Number:

154677982

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

216434

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

j 792.80924 Nathan