Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection
"[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 ofA History of Celibacy