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Boys Dance!: 06/28/24
Boys Dance! by John Robert Allman and Luciano Lozano (Illustrator) (2020) is part of the American Ballet Theatre series of children's books. This one is about a class of young boys who are taking ballet. The book goes through the boys' class, from working at the barre to stretch and practice their positions. Then we see them practicing various dance moves. After we've seen what they can do as young ballet dancers we get to see each boy compared to an adult ballet dancer. The book also includes short biographies for all the adults referenced. The final sections show how ballet informs other aspects of dance and activities outside of dance. Here things like tap dance, hip hop, various sports, and so forth. In this section I was excited to see Gene Kelly included especially since one of the boys is shown dancing in away reminiscent of how Kelly used his body. The children in the class as well as the adults referenced throughout the picture book are diverse. It's cool to see a bunch of different types of people dancing, albeit all boys. Five stars Comments (0) |