To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781481416177 (1481416170)
Publish date: September 24th 2013
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics
With all the praise heaped on this graphic novel I guess I was expecting a little more. I'm not a dancer and I never have been, and still I was a little girl once and I very much understand the allure of ballet. I am also fascinated by the passion it takes to endure the training (and everything else...
This is why I wouldn't encourage my daughters to become ballerinas. I blame Ballanchine, and his preference for tall skinny female dancers. Guys who study ballet can practice it for a relatively long time, the toll is not so great for them. Special props for mentioning A Very Young Dancer.Library co...
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