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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9781926812663
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Greystone Books LTD.
ISBN-10
1926812662
ISBN-13
9781926812663
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114024489
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ballerina : Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Dance / History & Criticism, Women's Studies, Dance / Classical & Ballet
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-438552
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"-- Publishers Weekly "Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."--Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"- Publishers Weekly Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."—Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"— Publishers Weekly …fast-paced and fascinating… a pleasurable read for any balletomane."— Library Journal "Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers"— The Dance Journal "Kelly exposes, with rich detail, the underbelly of the world that only those with a true calling to dance en pointe could endure. ...Read this book. You will never look at a ballet production through the same eyes again."- Portland Book Review Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."—Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book. --Elizabeth Abbott, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"— Publishers Weekly …fast-paced and fascinating… a pleasurable read for any balletomane."- Library Journal Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."—Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"-- Publishers Weekly "...fast-paced and fascinating... a pleasurable read for any balletomane."-- Library Journal "Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers"-- The Dance Journal "Kelly exposes, with rich detail, the underbelly of the world that only those with a true calling to dance en pointe could endure. ...Read this book. You will never look at a ballet production through the same eyes again."- Portland Book Review "Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."--Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"-- Publishers Weekly "...fast-paced and fascinating... a pleasurable read for any balletomane."-- Library Journal "Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers"-- The Dance Journal "Kelly exposes, with rich detail, the underbelly of the world that only those with a true calling to dance en pointe could endure. ...Read this book. You will never look at a ballet production through the same eyes again." Portland Book Review "Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."--Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"- Publishers Weekly ...fast-paced and fascinating... a pleasurable read for any balletomane."- Library Journal "Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers"- The Dance Journal "Kelly exposes, with rich detail, the underbelly of the world that only those with a true calling to dance en pointe could endure. ...Read this book. You will never look at a ballet production through the same eyes again."#8212 Portland Book Review Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."-Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, "[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries"— Publishers Weekly …fast-paced and fascinating… a pleasurable read for any balletomane."— Library Journal "Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers"- The Dance Journal Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book."—Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
792.8
Synopsis
Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection-- the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century, who often led double lives as concubines, through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers in the 1800's and the anorexic and bulimic ballerinas of George Balanchine, starvation and exploitation have plagued ballerinas throughout history. Using the stories of great dancers such as Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, and Evelyn Hart, Deirdre Kelly exposes the true rigors for women in ballet. She rounds her critique with examples of how the world of ballet is slowly evolving for the better. But to ensure that this most graceful of dance forms survives into the future, she says that the time has come to rethink ballet, to position the ballerina at its center and accord her the respect she deserves., A Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012 . . . spellbinding yet harrowing . . . Publishers Weekly A controversial look at the brutal backstage existence of some of the world's most celebrated ballerinas. Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection. She is the feminine ideal -- unblemished and ethereal, inspiration incarnate. But the reality is another story. Beginning with the earliest ballerinas, who often led double lives as concubines, Deirdre Kelly goes on to review the troubled lives of nineteenth-century ballerinas, who lived in poverty and worked under torturous and even life-threatening conditions. In the twentieth century, George Balanchine created a contradictory ballet culture that simultaneously idealized and oppressed ballerinas, and many of his dancers suffered from anorexia and bulimia or underwent cosmetic surgery to achieve the ideal ethereal form. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, ballerinas are still underpaid, vulnerable to arbitrary discrimination and dismissal, and expected to bear pain stoically -- but much of this is beginning to change. As Kelly examines the lives of some of the world's best ballerinas -- Anna Pavlova, Marie Camargo, Gelsey Kirkland, Evelyn Hart, and Misty Copeland, among others -- she argues for a rethinking of the world's most graceful dance form -- a rethinking that would position the ballerina at its heart, where she belongs.Also available in paperback., Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection— the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century, who often led double lives as concubines, through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers in the 1800's and the anorexic and bulimic ballerinas of George Balanchine, starvation and exploitation have plagued ballerinas throughout history. Using the stories of great dancers such as Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, and Evelyn Hart, Deirdre Kelly exposes the true rigors for women in ballet. She rounds her critique with examples of how the world of ballet is slowly evolving for the better. But to ensure that this most graceful of dance forms survives into the future, she says that the time has come to rethink ballet, to position the ballerina at its centre and accord her the respect she deserves.
LC Classification Number
GV1787.K35 2012
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