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A disturbing and beautiful account of one dancer's season at the New York City Ballet. Tony Bentley is a member of the Corps de Ballet and describes how the directors call the women "girls," most of the corps de ballet never menstruates, and after performing Nutcracker all December, the ladies find particles of fake snow everywhere! This book paints a gloomier portrait of the ballet world as shown from the viewpoint of a woman who is a part of it, but not the Prima Donna.
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