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• Becoming Spectacular

  the Rhythm of Resilience From the First African American Rockette

  Jones, Jennifer, 1967-

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  In this endearing debut memoir, Jones, the first Black woman to become a Radio City Rockette, chronicles the obstacles she faced--from racism to weigh-ins to complex choreography--and the thrills of performing with the popular dance troupe.

• The Still Point

  Greenwood, T. (Tammy),

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  When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Far

  My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light

  Holker, Allison, 1988-

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  For the first time, Allison reveals how she has navigated the emotional and financial aftermath of Stephen's choice, guided their three children in their grief while managing the outpouring from a well-meaning public, and reopened herself to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Going Toe to Toe

  St. John, Yahrah,

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  Sometimes you just have to take the leap. What happens in Aruba, stays in Aruba. That's what former ballerina Lyric Taylor keeps telling herself, at least. After all, now that the curtain has closed on her ballet career, and with the search for her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Boy Like That

  Hits, Misses, Messes, and Miracles as I Danced Across the Stages of Broadway and Hollywood

  Dale, Grover

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  Through poignant and riveting vignettes, this living dance legend takes us behind the scenes of seven decades of entertainment history, providing intimate insights into industry movers and shakers like Jerome Robbins, Noël Coward, and Gene Kelly-all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Dance

  a Novel

  Dutton, Jason B.,

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  As Nick and Hayley fumble through misunderstanding into friendship, Hayley begins to enjoy Nick's company more than that of her self-centered boyfriend.

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

  Valby, Karen

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  The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas, the first principals in the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who traveled the world as highly celebrated stars in their field and whose legacy was erased from history until now.

• The Dance Tree

  a Novel

  Hargrave, Kiran Millwood, 1990-

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  Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and when hundreds of other women join her, the men running the city declare a state of emergency…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boy From Kyiv

  Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet

  Harss, Marina,

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  A critical biography of Alexei Ratmansky-the most significant international classical choreographer of our day-written with his full cooperation and the support of American Ballet Theatre, the company of which he is resident choreographer

• Pas De Don't

  Angyal, Chloe,

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  Heather Hays finally has everything she's worked for--she was promoted principal dancer and is engaged to her forever crush, ballet royalty Jack Andersen. But after Jack is caught cheating, Heather's near-perfect life comes crashing down.

• The Dance of the Dolls

  Ashe, Lucy,

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  Former ballerina Ashe's insights into the world of professional dance elevate this unsettling debut thriller about identical twin sisters and the toxic male attention they attract.

• Fearless and Free

  a Memoir

  Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975,

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  Published in English for the first time, this is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker.

• Fat Girls Dance

  Meredith, Cathleen,

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  Determined to fight society's body shaming, three friends, Liv, Reese and Faith join forces to launch FatGirlsDance, an online sensation challenging norms with weekly choreographed performances, risking their friendship and futures in pursuit of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dancing Down the Barricades

  Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era : a Cultural History

  Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958-

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  Sammy Davis Jr. was at once a pioneering, barrier-busting, anti-Jim Crow activist and someone who was widely associated with accommodationism and wannabe whiteness. Historian Matthew Jacobson attends to both threads.

• Hula

  a Novel

  Hakes, Jasmin 'Iolani

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  In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Think, Dear

  on Loving & Leaving Ballet

  Robb, Alice,

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  An incisive exploration of ballet's role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.

• The Humble Lover

  a Novel

  White, Edmund, 1940-2025

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  Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat living alone in his Manhattan townhouse, is used to having what he wants. And when he sets eyes on August Dupond, a strong, stunningly beautiful soloist in the New York City Ballet, he decides…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nocturne

  a Novel

  Wees, Alyssa,

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  In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she's pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems.

• Martha Graham

  When Dance Became Modern : a Life

  Baldwin, Neil, 1947-

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  A biography of the legendary dancer and choreographer.

• Take the Lead

  Daria, Alexis

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  Named one of the Best Romances of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post!