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Originally Posted by BethRags
For some reason your post made me think of an excellent autobiography I read a while back. It's written by Gelsey Kirkland and is called Dancing on My Grave. If you haven't already read it, you might check it out. I have a feeling you'd relate to it. I sure did.
Gelsey Kirkland - Wikipedia |
I hadn't heard of her book, but I do know that ballerina. She was a fellow principal/soloist dancer with my ballet teacher, Gloria Govrin, under Balanchine. I'll browse the book online. Thanks! I recall seeing her dance in a televised version of the Nutcracker.
You know, though obviously my ballet teacher was trim, when she danced, she wasn't unwell-looking. See her picture at
Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin | Smithsonian Institution