Ballerina sex, scandal, and suffering behind the symbol of perfection

Kelly, Deirdre 1960- (Author).

Summary: Throughout history the ballerina has been viewed aa the feminine ideal -- beautiful and perfect. However, the reality has been very different. The author reviews the lives of some of the most celebrated ballerinas of the ninteenth through twenty-first century.

Record details

ISBN: 9781926812670 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1926812670 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781771003445 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1771003448 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource.
Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The feminization of ballet -- Pimps, poverty, and prison -- Bonfire ballerina -- Striving and starving for attention -- Laboring under an illusion -- Changes afoot -- Epilogue.