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Aug 25, 2008
Kirsten
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A typical schlocky 70s novel about two teenaged girls trying out for scholarships at a top-tier ballet school. They become best friends, and move on up through school and into jobs in ballet companies. For schlock, this was pretty good - not as predictable as might be expected. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
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May 14, 2011
Claudia
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I really enjoyed this book. It was full of dance descriptions that I totally didn't get (okay, I took ballet for 2 years when I was a kid and hated every single moment of it and I was allowed to quit as long as I did my running and oh gladly I did, for I was a klutz who grew three legs when I danced ballet). But this story was about friendship, which I love. And it was odd all around, and there were gay dancers and womanizer dancers and angst and everything. Just...odd in parts. Yet I couldn't s
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Jan 25, 2009
Jennifer
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This is my favorite book ever, probably because I danced so much as a child. I have the first edition, ratty, falling apart because I read it so much..
Oct 31, 2010
Diana
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I learned a lot about the difficulties in making it as a professional balleina. I enjoyed it.
Mar 04, 2010
Amber
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I picked this up for 50 cents at the library bookstore for no other reason that it had a ballerina on the cover and I will pretty much read anything that relates to dance. You could definitely tell this book was written a few decades earlier, but I was entertained. I wished that the book didn't feel so fragmented and had smoother transitions. However, I still really enjoyed the drama and getting a bit of an inside look at just how grueling being a professional dancer really is.
Jun 29, 2009
Becky
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I got totally immersed in the story of two dancers rising through the ranks of corps de ballet to soloist to ballerina. Like the movie Turning Point it made the fantasy image of the glamourous life of ballerina into a nitty gritty, grueling, dueling political reality. I don't think I'll watch a ballet in the same way ever again...Its a must-read for lovers of the art form it illustrates.
Dec 16, 2009
Christina
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Started this one many years ago and it was a library book that I had to return, finally ordered a used copy of my own so I can finish it and it sadly never came in so i got it again from the library. Nice dreams about being a ballerina!
Cute story, read like the typical drama of the time it was written but I still got to fantasize about being a ballerina again.
Cute story, read like the typical drama of the time it was written but I still got to fantasize about being a ballerina again.
Dec 17, 2009
Teri
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I read this book years ago. Loved it! Fun to immerse myself in the competitive, bitchy world of professional ballet. Likeable characters, and a good ending. Not quite a beach read -- but close, very close.
Jun 04, 2008
Janet
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Fun, fun, fun if you like ballet. I played piano for university ballet classes at the time I read this and gave a copy to all the dance professors for Christmas that year.
Dec 17, 2009
CLM
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My friend Audrey, a former dancer, recommended this book which she felt was a more accurate portrayal of the life than any other.
Jul 30, 2008
Sue
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One of my favorites - I reread all the time. If you like dance you'll love this.
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