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9780813060088, titled "Rebel on Pointe: A Memoir of Ballet & Broadway" | Univ Pr of Florida, September 30, 2014, cover price $24.95

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Product Description: The story of one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century, of her fortitude and reinvention, and of her journey to international stardom. In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl is diagnosed with flat feet, knock knees, and weak legs...read more

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9781605985787 | Reprint edition (Pegasus Books, July 15, 2014), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The story of one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century, of her fortitude and reinvention, and of her journey to international stardom.

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Product Description: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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9789057550874 | Routledge, March 1, 2001, cover price $125.00

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9780415516204 | Reprint edition (Routledge, June 1, 2012), cover price $56.95 | About this edition: First published in 2001.

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A true story of love, hope, and courage follows five little girls from Bayside, Queens who wanted to be ballerinas and did not let physical disabilities, or crutches, or wheelchairs, or walkers, get in the way of their dreams. 75,000 first printing.
By James Estrin (photographer) and Lauren Thompson

School and Library:

9780312370299 | Feiwel & Friends, October 2, 2007, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A true story of love, hope, and courage follows five little girls from Bayside, Queens who wanted to be ballerinas and did not let physical disabilities, or crutches, or wheelchairs, or walkers, get in the way of their dreams.

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Product Description: The dancers profiled in First Position represent the pinnacle of their art over the last century. Author Toba Singer polled scores of dance critics, dance teachers and professors, and active and retired professional dancers to create a list that represents the best of the various styles of ballet from the last hundred years...read more
By Bruce Marks (foreword by) and Toba Singer

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9780275983918 | Praeger Pub Text, August 30, 2007, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The dancers profiled in First Position represent the pinnacle of their art over the last century.

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Product Description: The only time she felt free was when she was dancing. Performing her own creations on her own stage.it would be like dancing forever. Then one day, in the middle of Death Valley, it appeared to her like a dream. A beautiful theater that no one wanted...read more

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9781932173345 | Stephens Pr Llc, February 1, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: To Dance on Sands is the autobiography of Marta Becket, artist, dancer, performer and subject of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Amargosa.

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9781932173819 | Stephens Pr Llc, July 17, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The only time she felt free was when she was dancing.

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'This biography covers his entire career. Each chapter covers a different period of Franklin's life, including the peak of his performing career as a principal dancer with the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, his legendary professional partnership with Alexandra Danilova, and his role in introducing ballet to millions of Americans during World War II'--Provided by publisher.

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9780786430512 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 5, 2007, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: 'This biography covers his entire career.

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Hardcover:

9780813030265 | Univ Pr of Florida, September 15, 2006, cover price $34.95

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Product Description: Before the rise of the professional ballet company schools, New York City was the center for many private ballet studios founded by Russian émigrés that flourished for several decades between the 1920s and 1960s. Such figures as Elisabeth Anderson-lvantzova, Mikhail Fokine, Mikhail Mordkin, Ludmilla Schollar, who were formerly with the Imperial Theatres of St...read more

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9781599263632 | Xlibris Corp, February 28, 2006, cover price $30.99 | About this edition: Before the rise of the professional ballet company schools, New York City was the center for many private ballet studios founded by Russian émigrés that flourished for several decades between the 1920s and 1960s.

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9781599263625 | Xlibris Corp, February 28, 2006, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: Before the rise of the professional ballet company schools, New York City was the center for many private ballet studios founded by Russian émigrés that flourished for several decades between the 1920s and 1960s.

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Product Description: Book by Hoggard, Lynn

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9780915323081 | Midwestern State Univ Pr, December 1, 1995, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Book by Hoggard, Lynn

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Ballet dancers, such as Moira Shearer, Peter Martins, and Igor Youskevitch depict their careers and styles of dance
By Barbara Newman (editor)

Hardcover:

9780395313251 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1982, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Ballet dancers, such as Moira Shearer, Peter Martins, and Igor Youskevitch depict their careers and styles of dance

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9780879101541 | Rev sub edition (Limelight Editions, July 1, 1992), cover price $17.95

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Intimate portraits of some of the twentieth century's greatest dancers features personal vignettes and anecdotes about Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Alicia Markova, and Lynn Seymour, among others

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9780708923146 | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, November 1, 1990), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Intimate portraits of some of the twentieth century's greatest dancers features personal vignettes and anecdotes about Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Alicia Markova, and Lynn Seymour, among others

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Traces the history of the ballet Giselle and compares the various dancers who have performed in it

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9780871271242 | Dance Horizons, December 1, 1981, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Traces the history of the ballet Giselle and compares the various dancers who have performed in it

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Examines the lives and careers of such famous ballerinas from around the world as Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn, and Patricia McBride

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9780876632772 | Universe Pub, June 1, 1980, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Examines the lives and careers of such famous ballerinas from around the world as Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn, and Patricia McBride

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9780876639894 | Palgrave Macmillan, March 1, 1980, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Examines the lives and careers of such famous ballerinas from around the world as Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn, and Patricia McBride

Outlines the history of the ballet movement of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century and examines the personalities who contributed to this dramatic school of dance

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9780486229621 | Dover Pubns, March 1, 1974, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Outlines the history of the ballet movement of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century and examines the personalities who contributed to this dramatic school of dance

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