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• The Swans of Harlem

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

  Valby, Karen,

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  A full accounting of five incredibly talented Black ballerinas from the Dance Theater of Harlem illuminates their hard-fought, historic and overlooked contributions to the world of classical dance at a time when racism shut out Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spiral

  Khabra, Bal,

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  He’s on edge while she’s en pointe in this fake-dating sports romance from the author of the smash hit Collide. -Provided by the publisher

• City of Night Birds

  a Novel

  Kim, Juhea,

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  After a career-halting accident, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg to confront her past and to decide whether to rejoin the stage amidst the cutthroat world of Russian ballet. -Provided by the publisher

• Going Toe to Toe

  St. John, Yahrah,

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  After a vacation hookup with a sexy single dad, a former ballerina pivoting to a new career teaching dance discovers her fling’s daughter is in her class. By the author of Frenemy Fix-Up. -Provided by the publisher

• The Still Point

  Greenwood, T. (Tammy),

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  When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They're Going to Love You

  a Novel

  Howrey, Meg,

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  Nineteen years after a passionate love affair created a rift between her family, Carlisle must face the events of that fateful summer, in this mesmerizing tale of betrayal, art and ambition set in the world of professional ballet, NYC…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballerinas

  a Novel

  Kapelke-Dale, Rachel,

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  Returning to the Palais Garnier Opera House to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart her career—and finally make things right with her former friends—ballerina Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed—and some secrets can’t…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Turnout

  a Novel

  Abbott, Megan, 1971-

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  New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's exquisite new novel, “dark and juicy and tinged with horror” (The New York Times Books Review), set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. -Provided by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Think, Dear

  on Loving & Leaving Ballet

  Robb, Alice,

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  A former student at the elite School of American Ballet describes how the strict codes of that world, which included thinness, stoicism and submission, forced her to grapple with the contradictions and challenges of modern womanhood.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wind at My Back

  Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts From My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

  Copeland, Misty,

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  The first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre honors her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, the only teacher who could truly understand the obstacles she faced, sharing a story of two unapologetically Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cheat Sheet

  a Novel

  Adams, Sarah, 1991-

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  Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Discover the heartwarming friends-to-lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok. -Provided by the publisher

• Three Muses

  Toll, Martha Anne,

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  Three Muses is a love story that enthralls: a tale of Holocaust survival venturing through memory, trauma, and identity, while raising the curtain on the unforgiving discipline of ballet. -NoveList

• Midnight in Everwood

  Kuzniar, M. A.,

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  In Nottingham, 1906, with her dancing days numbered, Marietta Stelle, when a mysterious toymaker moves in next door, is drawn into a world of magic and wonder until her final ballet performance takes a dark turn, trapping her in a place of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Swan Dive

  the Making of a Rogue Ballerina

  Pazcoguin, Georgina,

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  Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, humorous, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra…Read moreRead more of this annotation