The Ballet Companion
The Ballet Companion

Author: Eliza Gaynor Minden

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1416595716

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A New Classic for Today's Dancer The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including: Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems An illustrated guide through ballet class -- warm-up, barre, and center floor Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette. Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a lively mix of ballet's time-honored traditions and essential new information.

Dare to Dance
Dare to Dance

Author: S.B. Alexander

Publisher: S.B. Alexander

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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Enjoy this angsty sports romance novel by bestselling romance author S.B. Alexander. I’m a single mom who once dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Instead, I’m fighting in underground rings, battling for scraps and a future I lost long ago. Every punch I throw reminds me of the boy I once loved and the life I was supposed to have. Tall, dark, and brooding, Kross Maxwell was that boy—now a rising star in the boxing world. He walked away from me without a second thought, leaving my heart shattered. When Kross shows up at one of my fights, he thinks an apology will erase the past and clear his conscience. But it’s not that simple. I blame him for everything, including losing my daughter to the foster care system. I’m not ready to forgive, and I’m certainly not prepared to fall into his arms. If he wants me back, he must fight tooth and nail. As Kross battles for my trust and I struggle to get my daughter back, we both have to confront the demons that tore us apart. Only then will we have any chance at a future together. Dare to Dance is a second chance, sports romance. Be prepared for all the feels, a tortured hero, a strong heroine, and a happily ever after in this angsty, emotionally driven new adult romance. Reading Order: 1. Dare to Kiss 2. Dare to Dream 3. Dare to Love 4. Dare to Dance 5. Dare to Live 6. Dare to Breathe 7. Dare to Embrace Topics: new adult, new adult romance, family saga, alpha male, family, triplets, romance series, sensual romance, kissing books, s.b. alexander, brothers, career, rockstar romance, heartwarming romance, love story, soulmate, contemporary romance, angsty romance, long series, swoon, all the feels, heartwarming, steamy, sexy, beach reads, emotional, possessive hero, family saga, boxing, sports, sports romance, second chance romance, baby, mafia, mob, feisty heroine.

One Dance with a Duke
One Dance with a Duke

Author: Tessa Dare

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2010-05-25

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0345518861

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In One Dance with a Duke—the first novel in Tessa Dare’s delightful new trilogy—secrets and scandals tempt the irresistible rogues of the Stud Club to gamble everything for love. A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only ten members—yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing “Duke of Midnight.” Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke—until Lady Amelia d’Orsay tries her luck. In a moment of desperation, the unconventional beauty claims the duke’s dance and unwittingly steals his heart. When Amelia demands that Spencer forgive her scapegrace brother’s debts, she never imagines that her game of wits and words will lead to breathless passion and a steamy proposal. Still, Spencer is a man of mystery, perhaps connected to the shocking murder of the Stud Club’s founder. Will Amelia lose her heart in this reckless wager or win everlasting love?

Dare to Dance in the Rain
Dare to Dance in the Rain

Author: Lilian Odera

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05-18

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781718734456

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Dare to Dance in the Rain is a writing that challenges the reader to venture outside of societal norms of responding negatively to hardships and embrace a Christ-centered response. It is an invitation to integrate a joyful and worshipful attitude in the face of stormy life circumstances. This approach is illustrated through testimonies from the author's life experiences during which she danced her way out of dire situations by committing to a lifestyle of consistently worshipping God. If you have been feeling boxed in and frustrated by trying moments this book will activate the worshipper within you and ignite you to adapt a faith-filled outlook characterized by authentic praise and worship right in the middle of the storm.

Dare to Dance
Dare to Dance

Author: Christine Lee

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Published: 2021-02-26

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781528988643

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At the start we find the central character, Ivy, lying in a hospital bed, slowly recovering from a hip operation. She is lonely and missing Arthur, her much loved husband, terribly. They are both in their early 70s. He has Alzheimer's and has been put in a home. She does not like this at all. This indomitable lady also dislikes being in a hospital ward. She rebels and walks out. To her amazement she also rebels against her old way of life and dowdy self. Back at home she makes her first serious choice. She avoids the police who come knocking at her door. She goes to the cupboard on the landing pulling out the old trunks containing her mother's extremely glamorous clothes. She tries them on beginning a journey from which she never returns. She sorts out passports, packing her new self in a couple of large suitcases collecting money from the bank and her dear husband from the home. They travel to Saint Pancras Station, then on to Paris before leaving for the South of France where their lives unfold. The fascinating characters she meets along the way give warmth humour and pathos to her extraordinary adventures.

Dare to Create!
Dare to Create!

Author: Marie Boudon

Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.

Published: 2021-01-29

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1681987376

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Want to create but don't know where to start? Need a shot of inspiration? Dare to Create! is the ultimate guide to fueling your artistic journey, from your first steps to the expression of your own style. Overcome creative blockages with the 35 inspiring challenges in this book as engineer-turned-artist Marie Boudon guides you in developing your art. Whatever your level (beginner or advanced) and your mode of artistic expression (drawing, painting, collage, photography, etc.), this is the ultimate guide to boosting your creativity and making beautiful art! This colorful book includes:

• Advice on how to “let go”

• Exercises to awaken your imagination and inspire

• Techniques to forge your own creative process and avoid dead ends

• Inspirational testimonies from beloved artists and creators

And much, much more!

To Dance with a Devil
To Dance with a Devil

Author: Emma V Leech

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781674793436

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Girls who dare - Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Ten girls - Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all?To Dance with a DevilA young woman desperate to escape her fate.Bonnie Campbell's time is almost up. In the light of no better offers, her guardian, the Earl of Morven, is forcing her to marry her cousin, Gordon Anderson. Vivacious Bonnie will have no option but to comply, condemning her to spend the rest of her life in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, far from her friends and any possible chance of fun. During her final weeks of freedom however, she will live as though these were her last days on earth and find the courage to show the man she truly loves, just how she feels.A young man determined to prove his older brother wrong.Jerome Cadogan, younger brother to the Earl of St Clair, is a good-natured scoundrel. His blond, blue-eyed looks are not the least marred by his broken nose, his reputation for trouble, nor his predilection of falling in love with unsuitable women. Reeling from a stinging lecture delivered by his brother the earl, Jerome faces having his allowance cut off if he can't mend his ways. Determined to prove that he can be every bit as mature and sensible as St Clair, Jerome swears off drinking, carousing and getting into trouble.A scandal looking for a place to happen.Sadly, his dearest friend Bonnie has other ideas. Lurching from one disaster to the next in her wake, Jerome is tearing his hair out and knows he must end their friendship before his brother ends him. Yet when a hulking Highlander turns up to claim Bonnie for his own, Jerome ought to breathe a sigh of relief, but it appears his heart has done something unforgivable and fallen in love with the most unsuitable woman of all.

Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare

Author: Patricia Polacco

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-05-18

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0399245316

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Seems like Richie’s entire goal in life is to make Trisha’s impossible. Especially when he takes to teasing her about her beloved ballet class. Trisha knows how much work it takes to be good at ballet—much more than the stupid hockey Richie plays! So she challenges Richie to perform in her ballet recital, and Richie agrees, under one condition: Trisha has to join his hockey team for the big game!

Pretending to Dance
Pretending to Dance

Author: Diane Chamberlain

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 125001073X

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Molly Arnette is very good at keeping secrets. She lives in San Diego with a husband she adores, and they are trying to adopt a baby because they can't have a child on their own. But the process of adoption brings to light many questions about Molly's past and her family-the family she left behind in North Carolina twenty years before. The mother she says is dead but who is very much alive. The father she adored and whose death sent her running from the small community of Morrison's Ridge. Her own birth mother whose mysterious presence in her family raised so many issues that came to a head. The summer of twenty years ago changed everything for Molly and as the past weaves together with the present story, Molly discovers that she learned to lie in the very family that taught her about pretending. If she learns the truth about her beloved father's death, can she find peace in the present to claim the life she really wants? Told with Diane Chamberlain's compelling prose and gift for deft exploration of the human heart, Pretending to Dance is an exploration of family, lies, and the complexities of both.