Ballerina : sex, scandal, and suffering behind the symbol of perfection / Deirdre Kelly.

Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection? the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century-- who often led double lives as concubines-- through the poverty of the corps de ballet dancers...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Kelly, Deirdre, 1960-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver, BC : Greystone Books, c2012.
Subjects:	Ballerinas. Ballerinas > Biography. Ballet dancing > History. Ballet dancing > Social aspects.