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341) The white crow
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet's most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas leads him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
342) Every body looking
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A mixed-heritage dancer's coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother's descent into addiction, and her father's efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist during the global crisis of fascism, the conflict...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer just like her mother, Isabel, a former Balanchine ballerina. Since they live in Ohio, she only gets to see her father Robert for a few precious weeks a year when she visits Greenwich Village, where he lives in an enchanting apartment on Bank Street with his partner, James. Brilliant but troubled, James gives Carlisle an education in all that he holds dear in life--literature, music,...
346) Bombshell
Author
Publisher
Southern Methodist University Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (105, 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Born to dance: "A break-a-leg tale of an understudy turned Broadway star"--Container. Lady be good: Powell plays a friend and matchmaker to two struggling songwriters (adapted from container).
350) 42nd Street
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peggy Sawyer is from small-town America and just a face in the chorus line of 'Pretty Lady', the new show from legendary director Julian Marsh. But when leading lady, Dorothy Brock is injured, Peggy's dreams of stardom just may come true.
351) Finding my dance
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage"--
352) Rumba: L'iceberg
Publisher
Filmoption International
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Édition collection.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Rumba: Teachers in a rural school, happy couple Fiona and Dom have a common passion: Latin dancing. One night, after a glorious dance competition, they have a car accident and see their lives turn upside down.
L'iceberg: Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably and happily with her family in the suburbs. That is until the day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in freezer. She escapes the next morning, half frozen...
354) Astaire & Rogers
Author
Series
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
355) Jazz Age Josephine
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents, and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (approximately 266 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lady on a train: A young woman on a New York-bound train is witness to a murder outside her compartment window. With a penchant for reading mystery novels and the help of a mystery writer, she sets out to solve the case after police refuse to believe her story.
Tangier: In the North African city of Tangier, where every secret has its price, a café dancer from Madrid is determined to bring a Nazi collaborator to justice and catches the eye of a down-and-out...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 495 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sadie McKee: A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
Strange cargo: Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
A woman's face: A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Flamingo Road: A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates...
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