Julie, Luce et Alia sont non seulement les meilleures amies du monde, mais partagent aussi la même passion : la Danse.Entre deux cours de classique et de moderne, elles s’initient également à d’autres styles, en particulier le hip-hop, dont Kader, le séduisant jeune prof, ne les laisse pas indifférentes...Alors qu’elles préparent le ballet « La Belle au bois dormant », elles aimeraient bien lui voir jouer le rôle du prince charmant...

The adventures of best friends Julie, Luce, and Alia continue in the second “Dance Class” graphic novel. School is in session again and this time the girls are working on a ballet of "Romeo and Juliet." When new student Tim is cast in the role of Romeo, the three girls find themselves competing for his affections. Can they get this production on its feet without ruining their friendship?

Julie, Lucy, and Alia are best friends who share the same passion: dance! A new year of classes has begun and this year, in addition to their regular ballet and modern dance classes, the three girls are introduced to a new style of dance—African folk! Powered by deep percussion-based music, this style is unlike anything they’ve ever tried before. While the girls enjoy their new art form, problems at home and in the classroom threaten to cause them to have to stop taking their dance classes. Can the girls balance their studies and their extracurricular activities, or will they have to give up dancing for good?

Can the girls out-dance Carla to the Nationals, or will distractions undermine everything they’ve worked so hard for? Julie, Lucy and Alia are best friends and share the same passion: dance. Piling on the classes, they’re training hard to get into the National Ballet Competition in Paris. One main rival is right in their very school: archenemy Carla. These three will have to balance competition, new boyfriends, and classes without letting things get out of hand.

After learning ballet, hip-hop, and African Folk, the Dance Class crew isn't slowing down for a second! When Julie, Lucy, and Alia sign up for rock the new style brings a lot of new lessons, not the least of which is that cute boys don't necessarily make good dance partners. And the girls can't forget their ballet skills, not when Miss Anne has the whole troupe performing The Nutcracker in Russia! Carla, jealous as always, is intent on ruining the show; the girls may need some help from an unexpected place to pull it off this time!

The national competition is coming up fast, and Julie, Lucie, and Alia will need all their skills, all their poise, and a lot of grit and determination to get their routine in perfect shape. The always jealous, ever-scheming Carla is trying to sabotage everything again, but the girls are used to that; what they weren't expecting was their teacher, Mary, falling sick at the worst possible moment! As they struggle to choreograph something on their own for the first time, it may be up to Lucie to step up and save the day!

What could be better than Christmas? Christmas in London, that's what! Julie, Lucie, and Alia are excited to get a letter from their friend Prune, inviting them to visit her in England. This is going to be the vacation of a lifetime! The only problem is that Prune doesn't exactly have time off in mind; she wants the girls to help her pull off a Christmas musical, which wouldn't be too bad if rival Carla hadn't come along for the occasion, as well. The competition will be stiff, and the girls will have to use all their dance skills to make this a yuletide memory for the ages!

Mary must decide how to cast the roles for the ballet Snow White, which the school will perform for International Dance Day. Bruno has no competition for the role of Prince Charming. But who will play Snow White? Julie is fed up with her perpetual image as the sweet heroine, while Carla can totally picture herself in this starring role. So who, in the end, will bite the red apple and be kissed by Bruno? Julie? Carla? Lucie? Alia? In the world of dance, anything can happen!

Julie, Lucie, and Alia are back, along with all their teachers, families and friends, with more misadventures and lots, and we mean lots, of dancing.

Quand le coeur mène la danse... La robe cousue par Nathalia pour le premier rôle du ballet « La Reine des Neiges » est magnifique. Mais hélas, elle disparaît du jour au lendemain du local à costumes ! Accusée à tort par ses camarades de Studio Danse, Carla va tout faire pour la retrouver. Trompée par de nombreuses fausses pistes, la jeune danseuse va avoir du mal à mener son enquête. Surtout que, comme Julie, Alia et Luce, il faut qu'elle travaille d'arrache-pied en vue du ballet qui approche. Reine des Neiges et Reine des détectives, Carla aimerait triompher sur tous les tableaux. Mais va-t-elle y arriver ?

Julie, Lucy, and Alia are passionate for dance. But they are also at that age of becoming passionate for crushes on boys as well. When their dance class leads them on a trip to Spain to study flamenco, their passion for dance is about to become a lot more passionate. Step (two, three, four) into a new Dance Class adventure where the girls learn that it takes two to tango! Olé!

Quand le coeur mène la danse...Julie, Alia et Luce adorent le classique et le moderne. Mais elles aiment aussi aller voir du côté de la salle de hip-hop, s’essayer à la comédie musicale ou tenter le flamenco. Ce qui est sûr, c’est que ces trois copines sont totalement fondues de danse. Les trois amies trouvent dans le Studio Danse comme une seconde maison où partager leur passion. Leurs familles sont forcément aussi de la partie, car l’amour de la danse ne s’arrête pas à la sortie des cours ! Heureusement, comprises et entourées, elles sont encouragées dans leur don… Rien de mieux que Studio Danse pour s’immerger dans le monde des danseuses, entre amitiés, amour de l’art et rivalités.

Roméo et Juliette, Casse-Noisettes, Un chant de Noël, Coup de foudre dans la forêt... Retrouvez Julie, Alia et Luce, les héroïnes de Studio Danse, dans une sélection de leurs ballets classiques ou modernes. Des sauts, des pirouettes, des histoires d'amour, des rivalités, de splendides costumes, des décors magiques mis en valeur par la 3D. Surtout, n'oubliez pas de chausser... vos lunettes. Contient des extraits des 10 premiers titres de la série.

"Originally published in France as Studio danse \[Dance class\] volume 1,2, and 3"—Title page verso.