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88) Sophie & Sheba
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Growing up at a zoo, young ballet dancer Sophie always loved animals - but none as much as her pet elephant Sheba. When her parents are forced to sell Sheba to a traveling circus, Sophie has no choice but to run away and join him on the road to get him back. With an unforgettable cast of crazy characters, Sophie & Sheba is big fun for the whole family!
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A look at two Brazilian teenagers who feel the only way out of the poverty and strife they live in is to join a well-known dance troupe from North America. Determined to beat the odds and follow their dream, these dancers will do whatever it takes to break free from their lives, and into a new one.
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"Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat living alone in his Manhattan townhouse, is used to having what he wants. And when he sets eyes on August Dupond, a strong, stunningly beautiful soloist in the New York City Ballet, he decides he must have him. Soon they strike up a closeness that falls between the blurry lines of friendship, sponsorship, and love, and August moves in with Aldwych. But eventually August starts bringing home other...
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"This beautiful picture book tells the little-known story of Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company and an inspiration to Misty Copeland. When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only...