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Meet the Dancers: From Ballet, Broadway, and Beyond
By Amy Nathan
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Lots of kids enjoy dancing, but what motivates them to push past the sore muscles, early-morning technique classes, and crazy schedule required to become a professional dancer? In this book, dancers from many backgrounds talk about their different paths to success in ballet, modern, jazz, Broadway, and hiphop.
They also share advice and helpful tips, such as:
• practice interpreting the music and the mood of a movement, even when you're doing a standard warm-up exercise
• try to be in the front row at auditions so you can see what's going on and so the judges know you're eager to be seen
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Amy Nathan
Amy Nathan is an award-winning author. Her awards and honors include a Clarion Award and a Washington Post Book of the Week. She lives in Westchester County, New York.
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Reviews for Meet the Dancers
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good book of interviews that gives you a feeling for what it's like to become a professional dancer. (Did not read all the interviews.) Glossary and list of resources including ballet companies, organizations, dance magazines and books for further reading.