Forbidden Dance

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Forbidden Dance

天使のキス (Tenshi no Kiss)
Genre	Shojo
Manga: Forbidden Dance
Authored by	Hinako Ashihara
Publisher	Shogakukan Publishing TokyoPop
Serialized in	Betsucomi
Original run	1997 – 1998
No. of volumes	4

Forbidden Dance is a Shojo manga by Hinako Ashihara. It was published in English by TokyoPop in the fall of 2003. It is currently out of print in the United States.

[edit] Story

The story follows the life of Aya, a young, talented ballet dancer. In the first chapter you learn that Aya was injured while dancing before the story starts in the National Ballet competition and she has just recently recovered. However, Aya is still haunted by her fall, and she seems to have developed a bad case of stage fright.

After seeing the all-male performing group "COOL" perform, Aya longs to be a part of the group. She approaches, Akira Hibiya, the directer of "COOL" and asks to join the dance troupe. Akira agrees on one condition; she must win the upcoming National Ballet competition, the same competition she was injured in just the year before.