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After graduating from an elite New York ballet school, 18-year-old Anna Forester moves across the country to begin her dance career in Los Angeles. Soon, she is drawn into the circle of her charismatic artistic director and the thrilling aura of company life.

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its future Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This...

Bina MacLaine is having a rough day. Still haunted by an ugly breakup that meant walking away from her fiancé and her high-rise apartment, now the dance teacher faces the possibility of losing her job, too, if her school closes. When Maurice Hewett, one of her old students, arrives in town, Bina sees he’s not the boy she once knew - but a grown and sexy man. She wonders if he can weave a spell that can help her forget all her woes.

Chloe Lukasiak believes that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues - but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things. From her status as fan favourite on the US hit reality television show Dance Moms to her current life as a social media star with millions of fans, Chloe has found that self-acceptance and kindness are the key to getting over the rough spots in life and realising your passions.

Rhys Solario has a secret—one he plans to keep: he’s a non-Mormon attending Brigham Young University. With only two semesters left before graduation, he just wants to keep flying under the radar. Then he meets Emmy in a Book of Mormon class, and for the first time, the idea of keeping to himself doesn’t sound so appealing. Emmy Jennings feels confident only when she’s dancing ballet. With every plié and chassé, all her worries fade away

Brought to you by Penguin. In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. It was a...

It's Christmastime again in Silver Bell Falls, and the whole town is getting in the spirit to help ballet teacher Abby Foster achieve her dream of opening her own dance studio. Teaching ballet to children at the community center is fine, but she's hoping for so much more - her own studio, her own business, not to mention maybe meeting Mr. Right and having a family of her own. And for almost a year, she's been picturing reclusive Dean Hayes in that role.

C. S. Lewis is regarded as the foremost Christian thinker and writer of the 20th century. A first-rate scholar, philosopher, apologist, theologian, literary critic, science fiction writer, poet, and author of children’s fantasy novels, he wrote with charm, wit, insight, and occasional eloquence. Lewis was neither a professional philosopher, theologian, Bible scholar, historian, psychologist, nor a social scientist, but he thought and wrote perceptively on all these subjects. A rarity among intellectuals, he integrated both reason and imagination into his life and works. Lewis understood ...

Five months ago, Bexley Hart moved from a small town in Texas to the posh suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Her life since has progressed like a fairy tale: her interior design business is off to a great start, she’s making friends, and best of all, she’s dating Vaughn Humphries…the most eligible bachelor in the metropolitan Detroit area. Vaughn is everything she’s ever hoped for – handsome, successful, smart, and oh-so-very polished. It’s almost like everything in her life is too good to be true. And maybe it is… On the night of Bexley and Vaughn’s first date, a ...

This collection includes the first three novellas in bestselling author Samantha Chase's Silver Bells Falls holiday romance series: Christmas in Silver Bell Falls, Christmas on Pointe, and A Very Married Christmas.

Fiona can't wait to attend the performance of Coppelia at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Her old friend, Silja Ramsay, is dancing the principal role. They have dinner after the show, but when they return Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is down one dancer! Ballerina, Alexis Cartwright, has been found dead in the dressing room. Is this murder a result of hot tempers among the cast members? Or is it a random act of violence?

Invincible as island naturalist, Ciera Journey completes her nocturnal patrol for sea turtles nesting on Cape Fear and happens upon Ryne Faulkner rowing to the private resort island at the helm of a rowdy group of marginalized campers. With the turtle work by night and nature appreciation outings by day, Ciera begins to feel the sting of burnout, though the campers rise to the challenge of hands-on interaction. Shared adventures at the settler’s hidey-hole and legendary hermit’s shack spark a bond between her and the camp’s enigmatic counselor, but dare she contemplate a life beyond ...

Getting screwed over backstage by my married ex tears my heart into a million tiny pieces. I live in my pointe shoes, not even my ex can taint my love for ballet. And then my whole world changes when I notice the smoldering gaze....

How hard can it be to babysit a bunch of ballerinas? When a Soviet Ballet company visits LaSalle Harbor, North is given the task of providing security. As his own demons from WWII come to a head, he must solve the murder of one of the dance company's ballerinas before it blows into an International diplomacy nightmare between the World's two superpowers. Pure North at his best!

Nan Elizondo has the nosiest nose in Grosse Pointe. A reporter for the Detroit News, she seems to know everything that goes on in the small, suburban Grosse Pointe communities. And her sudden interest in successful dentist Justin Jennings has come at exactly the wrong time. Justin’s business partner, Clint Foster, has embezzled two million dollars from their dental practice and disappeared. The message he left on Justin’s voice mail claims his life is in danger. Now Justin is receiving threatening calls from someone looking for Clint, and demanding repayment of his gambling debts. The ...

Real life views and perspectives for real people about the governmental, political, and social issues that impact our lives. The hosts will provide unparalleled insights for areas such as law enforcement, national security, political nonsense, and justice-related matters that are often misrepresented or incorrect in their presentation to the public. Tune in for an authentic and entertaining review of the world we live in.onpointwithstuartandchris@gmail.com

On Pointe Podcast- Brandon, Darby, Abree and Erik

Theo is better now. She’s eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction - and his abductor. Donovan isn’t talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn’t do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she’s been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.  

When a limb-different girl discovers that her dream in life is to become a ballerina, she asks for dance lessons. But will she manage to perform like the other girls, when her augmentations do not allow her to do the ballet positions, when the other girls avoid her, and when the teachings do not fit her particular differences?

Un·e invité·e philosophe tire au hasard une partie du corps, et une conversation s’engage… Rythmée par de la création musicale live et le son des glaçons tintant au fond des verres, la discussion a toutes les chances de déborder. Et, on l’espère, de nous enivrer !Une production du magazine culturel belge La Pointe (lapointe.be)En partenariat avec Les Rencontres Inattendues de Tournai et Notélé.Enregistré devant public au festival à Tournai.Modératrices: Emilie Garcia Guillen, Marie Baudet et Laurence Van Goethem Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus ...