Gavin Larsen

Broschiertes Buch

Being a Ballerina

The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life

Beschreibung

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are.

Autor

Gavin Larsen was a professional ballet dancer for 18 years before retiring in 2010. A principal dancer with the Oregon Ballet Theatre, she also danced with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Alberta Ballet and as a guest artist with Ballet Victoria. She has written for Pointe, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, Dancing Times, Oregon ArtsWatch, Dance/USA's From The Green Room, the Maine Review, and The Threepenny Review, among others. She writes and teaches in Asheville, North Carolina.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9780813066899
• ISBN-10: 0813066891
• Artikelnr.: 60204227