Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection by Deirdre Kelly

Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

Deirdre Kelly

254 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports informative reflective slow-paced
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Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection -- she is the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. Beginning with the earliest ballerinas, who often led double lives as concubines, D...

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