false <![CDATA[Dancing On My Grave]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169237581m/39034.jpg 39034 7 Gelsey Kirkland was a princess in the world of American ballet. The seeming fairy tale of her life in the rarefied atmosphere of classical dance was considerably darker than it appeared to those on the outside. The endless pressure to rise to soloist and later to principal dancer took a toll on the psyche and body of the young dancer. <i>Dancing On My Grave</i> details her eating disorders, drug abuse and difficult relationships with George Ballanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov. 1546935 1986 Dancing On My Grave total:291|5:61|4:94|3:105|2:22|1:9| 291 1049 372 54 1 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 18:07:04 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:39:24 -0800 2009
This is a pitiful story. Gelsey Kirkland wa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu May 22 13:42:29 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 13:50:52 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 06 16:15:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:24:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 16:26:19 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 16:26:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 21 13:03:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 09 16:04:56 -0700 2009
#1 I knew who Gelsey Kirland was. Apparently she was a very famous ballerina and even danced with Baryshnikof (yes, I totally made up how to spell that). But she was pretty famous a few years before I was born...so I missed out.

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I just mentioned in another book I added (about the dark side of gymnastics) that I really wanted to be a ballerina as a kid. I even checked out all the books at the library...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 09 09:21:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:24:14 -0800 2009
Kirkland is the little gal dancing with Barishnykov in American Ballet Theater's Nutcracker that plays on TV every Christmas.

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I reread this for the first time in years at my mother's suggestion. Kirkland's description of the life/structure of life within NYCB (and the dance world in general), the physical and artistic struggles as a ballerina, ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed May 20 19:16:21 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 19:18:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:18:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 13:27:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 21 19:24:36 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 19:26:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 16:27:47 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 16:40:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 24 10:29:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:41:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Jul 29 07:27:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 07:35:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 03 05:43:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 05:47:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=39034