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Off Balance: The Real World of Ballet
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.82
EAN: 9780070237704
ISBN: 0070237700
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 1984-06
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Rating:  - A little bit crazy
While this book has many valid points, it's a little bit crazy, as well. Here's a direct quote from the book. In attempting to explain ballet's culture of the ultra-thin androgenous ballerina, Ms. Gordon proposes:
"It is an uncontested fact that most choreographers and company directors are men, and that the bulk of them are gay. Even if they claim to "love women," homosexuals often have very ambivalent feelings about them. And a dislike of the normal female form might easily lead ... Read More
Rating:  - This book tells the truth about racism in ballet
This is a very honest look at what very few people know about the world of ballet. The physical and mental horrors that come with job are an additional slap in the face for anyone who hopes to become a ballet dancer...especially for the non-white ballet dancer. Its the only ballet book that has admitted the deep racism is exists in ballet. I use to love ballet but I had so many racist white teachers that didnt care for nonwhite dance students, that they helped to dash my hopes (and many many others ... Read More
Rating: - Dance is a wonderful thing!
Let's stop moaning and groaning about terrible teachers, terrible schools and eating disorders in ballet dancers and DO something about it! This is a great book for parents and students to become critical consumers of ballet instruction and demand different approaches to training. The key to change is communication and education! When the students will know more than their teachers and demand sound advice for their bodies and health, the dance world will change! It is today's young dancer who will be a ... Read More
Rating: - BALLET STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS MUST READ THIS BOOK!
Everything is NOT beautiful at the ballet.... This is a no-holds barred look at the dark side of ballet. If you thought "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" was horrifying, this book is twice as shocking. Parents need to read this book in order to see what kind of life is in store for their child pursuing a career in dance. Ballet's stringent requirements for female dancers demand a breastless, hipless, ultra-thin body, which causes most dancers to become bulimic or anorexic. Gordon devotes an entire ... Read More
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