Nutcracker Dancing Shapes: Shapes and Stories from Konora’s Twenty-Five Nutcracker Roles (Dancing Shapes Series)

Join Ballerina Konora as she looks back through her twenty-five Nutcracker roles and explore her performance-based shapes and poses . Formatted similarly to the other Dancing Shapes books, this volume feels like five books in one. Konora leads readers through: • the story of The Nutcracker • Konora’s personal Nutcracker experiences • storytelling and imagination • ballet shapes • candid stories about some of the funny happenings along the way Brought to you by a mother-daughter COVID-collaboration , this third installment of the Dancing Shapes series presents a fascinating peek at the life of an almost-ballerina . Tags: Nutcracker Story, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Dance, Dancer, Performance, Ballet Career, Storytelling, Girls, Little Clara, Recital Gift, Nutcracker Gift, Nutcracker Doll, juvenile, preschool, elementary, home-school, ballet photography, ballet photos, ballet, ballerina, ballet dance, dancer, aspiring dancer, young dancer, dance books for kids, ballet books for kids, picture books for kids, juvenile fiction, kidlit, children’s book, dancing reference,  home-school, elementary, preschool, school-aged, reader, Konora, coronavirus, covid-19, physical education, body awareness, studying ballet, terminology, terms, classical dance, creative movement, pointed toes, arabesque, imagination, shapes, poses, tutu, ballet vocabulary, ballet technique, steps, beautiful, strong, gratitude, discipline, practice.