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A Day with the Ballet
Sunday, May 5, 1:00 p.m.
Meeting Room A
Students from the Arts Ballet Conservatory will perform a show and then demonstrate simple ballet moves. Fancy dress and ballet shoes are encouraged. (Babies–Grade 5 with an adult)
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Picture Books and Beginning Readers About Dance |
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Boogie in the Bronx!
by Jackie Azúa Kramer
This upbeat story depicts residents of a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx, New York, who are dancing down to their neighborhood block party. From samba-dancing nurses to reggaeton-loving firefighters, this unique song-story introduces 10 kinds of Latin, Afro-Latin, and African American dance and music from throughout the Americas. Readers can count along in English and Spanish as they visit each floor of the building! Endnotes provide more information about the dance styles. Includes an online access link to original audio and video animation.
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Harmony & Echo: The Mermaid Ballet
by Brigette Barrager
Preparing for the Mermaid Ballet, mermaid best friends Harmony and Echo practice their steps again and again, but when Echo gets stage fright, Harmony comes up with the perfect solution for Echo to overcome her shyness.
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Jam, Too?
by JaNay Brown-Wood
Celebrating the joy of making music, this rhythmic picture book will have readers moving to the beat as a drum circle forms on the beach, inviting them to jam along.
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Baller Ina
by Liz Casal
Ina uses her signature ballet moves on the basketball court to lead her team to victory, in this celebration of the multifaceted nature of kids.
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Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing
by Deirdre Havrelock
In this exuberant celebration of a proud Indigenous tradition that inspires hope, resilience and unity, a young girl prepares for the Jingle Dress Dance, but when she gets nervous about performing in front of her whole community, her family reminds her why she dances.
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Mighty Mara
by Carina Ho
Despite her disability and the town's growing dissuasion and heckling, Mara, an upbeat little girl who LOVES to dance, practices and remains positive, proving to everyone that it's her time to shine. Also available in Spanish
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Angelina's Big City Ballet
by Katharine Holabird
Visiting the most famous city in Mouseland, the Big Cheese, Angelina Ballerina finds herself at odds with her cousin, who tells her that tap dancing is much better than ballet, and hopes they can learn to work together in time for the big show.
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Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes
by Mahak Jain
A girl explores her love of dancing and her cultural identity in a lively picture book with echoes of the real-life collaboration between Bharatanatyam icon Rukmini Devi Arundale and ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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When Langston Dances
by Kaija Langley
Langston, a young Black boy who loves to dance, realizes his dreams with the help of those around him, in this joyful celebration of the beauty of dance and the wonder of Black Boy Joy.
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Ballet Kids
by Holly Sterling
Thomas and his fellow dancers prepare for their first performance of The Nutcracker by working together to perfect their moves, in this celebration of dance inspired by the author's own ballet experience.
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Phoenix Gets Greater
by Marty Wilson-Trudeau
Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance--ballet, Pow Wow dancing, of just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with felling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is.
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Kelp Finds a Way to Help!
by Natalie Shaw
The star of the DreamWorks Animation animated show Not Quite Narwhal, Kelp, who loves helping his friends and family, wonders if a new problem can be solved by dancing or some unicorn magic.
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Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Taking readers back to 1920s Brazil, this powerful biography follows Mestre Bimba, who advocated for capoeira—an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality—to resist racial oppression, turning this marginalized practice into a global phenomenon. Also available in Spanish
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Alicia Alonso Dances On by Rose ViänaAs a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is the true story of a woman who overcame her challenges, mastered her art, and inspired others to dance and dream.
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This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk
by Selene Castrovilla
An illustrated biography of Savion Glover, tap dancer and choreographer, that shows how his love of music, dance, and self-expression as a young boy sets him on the path to change how people see tap dancing.
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Maria Tallchief
by June Thiele
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Maria Tallchief, the first Native American major prima ballerina, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills.
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One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
by Richard Michelson
Celebrating what makes a person unique, this true story of Sarah Brenner, a poor Jewish girl from New York City's impoverished Lower East Side, shows how she became Sydney Taylor—an actress, dancer and successful children's book author who never forgot the importance of fighting unfairness.
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