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Turning Pointe

How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself

by Chloe Angyal ...

Narrated by Casey Holloway ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its futureEvery day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the
... Read more
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The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

Unexpuragated Edtiion

by Vaslav Nijinsky ...

Narrated by John Rubinstein ...

Abridged

9 hours 21 min

A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30 ... Read more

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A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30
... Read more
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Kabale und Liebe

Nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Unabridged

28 min

Schillers zeitloses Drama – kompakt, verständlich und fesselnd erzählt. In nur 25 Minuten entfaltet sich die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Ferdinand und Luise, eingebettet in Intrigen, Machtspiele und gesellschaftliche Grenzen. Diese Nacherzählung führt klar durch alle zentralen Handlungsschritte, beleuchtet die wichtigsten Figuren und macht spürbar, wie unerbittlich politische Ränkespiele ... Read more

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Schillers zeitloses Drama – kompakt, verständlich und fesselnd erzählt. In nur 25 Minuten entfaltet sich die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Ferdinand und Luise, eingebettet in Intrigen, Machtspiele und gesellschaftliche Grenzen. Diese Nacherzählung führt klar durch alle zentralen Handlungsschritte, beleuchtet die wichtigsten Figuren und macht spürbar, wie unerbittlich politische Ränkespiele
... Read more
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Diaghilev's Empire

How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World

by Rupert Christiansen ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet. An art critic and connoisseur, Diaghilev had no training in dance or choreography, but he had a dream of bringing Russian art, music, design, and expression to the West and a mission to drive a cultural and artistic revolution.Bringing together such legendary talents as Vaslav
... Read more
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Mary's Last Dance

The untold story of the wife of Mao's Last Dancer

by Mary Li ...

Narrated by Taylor Owynns ...

Unabridged

18 hours 32 min

'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.'Mary Li (ne� McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin published his bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer - but that book told only half the story.Growing ... Read more

$23.99 USD

'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.'Mary Li (ne� McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin published his bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer - but that book told only half the story.Growing
... Read more
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The Swans of Harlem

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

by Karen Valby ...

Narrated by Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Marcia Lynn Sells, January LaVoy, Khadija Tariyan McKinney G. ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our ... Read more

$22.50 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our
... Read more
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Bolshoi Confidential

Secrets of the Russian Ballet--From the Rule of the Tsars to Today

by Simon Morrison ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

17 hours 4 min

On January 17, 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, making international headlines. A lead soloist, enraged by institutional power struggles, later confessed to masterminding the crime. The scandal, though shocking, is not an anomaly in the turbulent and tormented yet magnificent history of the Bolshoi. Renowned music historian Simon ... Read more

$35.99 USD

On January 17, 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, making international headlines. A lead soloist, enraged by institutional power struggles, later confessed to masterminding the crime. The scandal, though shocking, is not an anomaly in the turbulent and tormented yet magnificent history of the Bolshoi. Renowned music historian Simon
... Read more
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På skrå brædder og bonede gulve

Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter. Erindringer

by Trine Munk-Petersen ...

Narrated by Trine Munk-Petersen, Vibeke Hastrup ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre, ... Read more

$18.05 USD

Balletdanser, skoleleder, førstedame, underviser, koreograf og instruktør. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter er dedikeret til balletten. Hun har været tilknyttet Det Kongelige Teater i 66 år, og hun arbejder stadig.Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter fortæller i erindringsbogen På skrå brædder og bonede gulve til journalist Trine Munk-Petersen om sin opvækst i en teaterfamilie, om skiftende balletmestre,
... Read more
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Die Schwester des Tänzers

by Eva Stachniak ...

Narrated by Gabriele Blum ...

Abridged

9 hours 57 min

In der Familie Nijinsky dreht sich alles nur um eines: ums Ballett. Als Bronislawa und Waslaw um 1900 in St. Petersburg aufwachsen, bewundern sie allabendlich ihre Eltern in der Garderobe, nervös vor den Auftritten, erhitzt und gelöst danach. Auch für die beiden Kinder ist der Weg vorgezeichnet: Sie werden an der kaiserlichen Ballettakademie aufgenommen – und schon bald zeigt sich, dass besonders ... Read more

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In der Familie Nijinsky dreht sich alles nur um eines: ums Ballett. Als Bronislawa und Waslaw um 1900 in St. Petersburg aufwachsen, bewundern sie allabendlich ihre Eltern in der Garderobe, nervös vor den Auftritten, erhitzt und gelöst danach. Auch für die beiden Kinder ist der Weg vorgezeichnet: Sie werden an der kaiserlichen Ballettakademie aufgenommen – und schon bald zeigt sich, dass besonders
... Read more
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Der Ballettmeister: Erotische Novelle

by Marguerite Nousville, LUST Hörbücher ...

Narrated by Helene Hagen ...

Series series LUST
Unabridged

31 min

Heiß, verführerisch, aufwühlend:Für Balletttänzerin Anya bedeutet Tanz alles. Ihr Körper ist ein Instrument, das sie bis zur Perfektion meistert, und sie verliert nie die Kontrolle über sich selbst und ihren Körper. Bis sie eines heißen Sommers Bekanntschaft mit einem Ballettmeister aus New York macht, der sie vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht bringt... ... Read more

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Heiß, verführerisch, aufwühlend:Für Balletttänzerin Anya bedeutet Tanz alles. Ihr Körper ist ein Instrument, das sie bis zur Perfektion meistert, und sie verliert nie die Kontrolle über sich selbst und ihren Körper. Bis sie eines heißen Sommers Bekanntschaft mit einem Ballettmeister aus New York macht, der sie vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht bringt...
... Read more
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Apollo's Angels

A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

23 hours 27 min

For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also ... Read more

$25.99 USD

For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. A ballerina dancing The Sleeping Beauty today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps and gestures are also
... Read more
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Ecstasy of Being, The: Mythology and Dance

Mythology and Dance

by Joseph Campbell ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

Joseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the book he was working on when he died.Dance was one of mythologist Joseph Campbell’s wide-ranging passions. His wife, Jean Erdman, was a leading figure in ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Joseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the book he was working on when he died.Dance was one of mythologist Joseph Campbell’s wide-ranging passions. His wife, Jean Erdman, was a leading figure in
... Read more
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Империя Дягилева: Как русский балет покорил мир

by Руперт Кристиансен ...

Narrated by Роман Бахусов ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

Аудиокнига известного критика и «неисправимого балетомана» не просто дань уважения Сергею Дягилеву, выдающемуся антрепренеру, театральному деятелю, знаменитой личности Серебряного века. Мастерски переплетая документальные факты и художественные элементы, автор создал живой портрет целой эпохи. Среди героев правдивой истории о легендарной антрепризе, изменившей представление о танце и ставшей ... Read more

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Аудиокнига известного критика и «неисправимого балетомана» не просто дань уважения Сергею Дягилеву, выдающемуся антрепренеру, театральному деятелю, знаменитой личности Серебряного века. Мастерски переплетая документальные факты и художественные элементы, автор создал живой портрет целой эпохи. Среди героев правдивой истории о легендарной антрепризе, изменившей представление о танце и ставшей
... Read more
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Don't Think, Dear

On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb ...

Narrated by Alice Robb ...

Unabridged

7 hours 36 min

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.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet
... Read more
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Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History

by Sophia Elizabeth Davis ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Anya G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History is more than just a biography; it's a captivating journey into the life and artistry of one of ballet's greatest icons. Explore the fascinating world of Anna Pavlova, a dancer who redefined the art form and captivated audiences worldwide. This meticulously researched book delves into Anna's formative ... Read more

$4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anna Pavlova: A Dancer's Legacy in Ballet History is more than just a biography; it's a captivating journey into the life and artistry of one of ballet's greatest icons. Explore the fascinating world of Anna Pavlova, a dancer who redefined the art form and captivated audiences worldwide. This meticulously researched book delves into Anna's formative
... Read more
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कथक योग : शालीना की नृत्यशाला

by DR.SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA ...

Narrated by डिजिटल वॉइस Hanisha G ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा ... Read more

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इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.िकर्त की मस्कराहट, हर्षोल्लास एव उमग में झमते नाचते पश-पर्ियों को देख कर हमारे पविजों ने नत्य को जन्म र्दया होगा। यह वह यग था जब मनष्य कदरत के बीच रहता था। जगल ही उनकी र्जदगी थी। आज हम भले ही उन्हें आर्दवासी या वनवासी कहें लेर्कन हम जो कछ भी हैं उन्हीं की के द्वारा स ्थार्पत मान्यताओ और र्वज्ञान के कारण है। आयािवति में चार ऋतओ का सगम धरती पर अनोखा
... Read more
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Dance Theatre of Harlem

by Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel ...

Narrated by Dion Graham, Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

From its modest beginnings in the 1960s in a Harlem church basement, to its meteoric rise to international fame, the Dance Theatre of Harlem ignited the world with one simple, still-revolutionary statement: All can do ballet. Into the 21st century, as the world, and the country, continue their historicalstruggles and triumphs, the story of this haven for dancers of all colors and backgrounds ... Read more

$25.99 USD

From its modest beginnings in the 1960s in a Harlem church basement, to its meteoric rise to international fame, the Dance Theatre of Harlem ignited the world with one simple, still-revolutionary statement: All can do ballet. Into the 21st century, as the world, and the country, continue their historicalstruggles and triumphs, the story of this haven for dancers of all colors and backgrounds
... Read more
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С Дягилевым. Моя жизнь

by Серж Лифарь ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков ...

Series series Большое искусство. Персоны и биографии
Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Сергей Лифарь, прославленный танцовщик, балетмейстер, премьер Парижской Оперы, много лет возглавлявший балетную труппу «Гранд-Опера», ближайший друг легендарного основателя Русского балета Сергея Дягилева, написал две книги воспоминаний о нем. Впервые книга Сержа Лифаря о Дягилеве была издана в Париже в 1939 году на русском языке в количестве 615 экземпляров, и сразу стала библиографической ... Read more

$7.61 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Сергей Лифарь, прославленный танцовщик, балетмейстер, премьер Парижской Оперы, много лет возглавлявший балетную труппу «Гранд-Опера», ближайший друг легендарного основателя Русского балета Сергея Дягилева, написал две книги воспоминаний о нем. Впервые книга Сержа Лифаря о Дягилеве была издана в Париже в 1939 году на русском языке в количестве 615 экземпляров, и сразу стала библиографической
... Read more
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Opera and Ballet as Audio Drama with Music, Episode 2: The Nutcracker

by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Bert Alexander Petzold ...

Narrated by Will de Meo, David Johnston, Kevin Ford, Eva Russel, Catherine Campion, Peter Baker, Chris Lateano ...

Unabridged

56 min

"The Nutkracker" is a full-cast audio drama featuring famous melodies, exquisite arias and outstanding voice actors. On Christmas Eve, Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, Drosselmeyer. That night she has a strange dream, in which the nutcracker fights alongside his toy soldiers against the Mouse King's army. Clara helps him, and the nutcracker transforms into a prince. Together they ... Read more

$8.29 USD

"The Nutkracker" is a full-cast audio drama featuring famous melodies, exquisite arias and outstanding voice actors. On Christmas Eve, Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, Drosselmeyer. That night she has a strange dream, in which the nutcracker fights alongside his toy soldiers against the Mouse King's army. Clara helps him, and the nutcracker transforms into a prince. Together they
... Read more
Audiobook

Bringing ballet to the townships of South Africa

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

A sprawling township outside of South Africa's biggest city of Johannesburg has become synonymous with a continued struggle nearly two decades after the end of apartheid. But while many cultural divides still remain, some black South Africans are now turning to ballet, once reserved for wealthy whites. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Martin Seemungal has the story. ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A sprawling township outside of South Africa's biggest city of Johannesburg has become synonymous with a continued struggle nearly two decades after the end of apartheid. But while many cultural divides still remain, some black South Africans are now turning to ballet, once reserved for wealthy whites. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Martin Seemungal has the story.
... Read more
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Being a Ballerina

The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life

by Gavin Larsen ...

Narrated by Lexi Mae ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist
... Read more
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Schachnovelle

Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten

by Stefan Zweig, Georg Elmenhorst ...

Narrated by Georg Elmenhorst ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Spannend nacherzählt
Unabridged

26 min

Stefan Zweigs »Schachnovelle« ist eine eindringliche Erzählung über Isolation, geistigen Widerstand und die zerstörerische Kraft des Denkens. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Handlung konzentriert, klar und spannungsvoll in nur 25 Minuten nach. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Begegnung zwischen dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Czentovic und einem geheimnisvollen Mitreisenden auf einem Ozeandampfer. ... Read more

$4.57 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stefan Zweigs »Schachnovelle« ist eine eindringliche Erzählung über Isolation, geistigen Widerstand und die zerstörerische Kraft des Denkens. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Handlung konzentriert, klar und spannungsvoll in nur 25 Minuten nach. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Begegnung zwischen dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Czentovic und einem geheimnisvollen Mitreisenden auf einem Ozeandampfer.
... Read more
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Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide, The

Mind Games Behind the Barre

by Julie Sulter ...

Narrated by Julie Sulter ...

Unabridged

39 min

Behind every graceful pirouette is a ballet teacher silently questioning their life choices—and probably wishing for a timeout from reality. The Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide is your backstage pass to mastering the mental chaos lurking beneath the tulle and toe shoes.This isn’t your typical feel-good teaching manual. It’s packed with sharp, practical NLP techniques wrapped in ballet jargon ... Read more

$3.10 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Behind every graceful pirouette is a ballet teacher silently questioning their life choices—and probably wishing for a timeout from reality. The Ballet Teacher’s NLP Survival Guide is your backstage pass to mastering the mental chaos lurking beneath the tulle and toe shoes.This isn’t your typical feel-good teaching manual. It’s packed with sharp, practical NLP techniques wrapped in ballet jargon
... Read more
Audiobook

Life in Motion

An Unlikely Ballerina

by Misty Copeland ...

Narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?"As the only African-American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina.When she discovered ... Read more

$17.99 USD

"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?"As the only African-American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina.When she discovered
... Read more

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