The Resource Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life, Gavin Larsen
Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life, Gavin Larsen
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The item Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life, Gavin Larsen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton).
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- Summary
- "Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist. Starting with her arrival as a young beginner at a class too advanced for her, Larsen tells how the embarrassing mistake ended up helping her learn quickly and advance rapidly. In other stories of her early teachers, training, and auditions, she explains how she gradually came to understand and achieve what she and her body were capable of. Larsen then re-creates scenes from her experiences in dance companies, from unglamorous roles to exhilarating performances. Working as a ballerina was shocking and scary at first, she says, recalling unexpected injuries, leaps of faith, and her constant struggle to operate at the level she wanted--but full of enormously rewarding moments. Larsen also reflects candidly on her difficult decision to retire at age 35"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813066899
- Label
- Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life
- Title
- Being a ballerina
- Title remainder
- the power and perfection of a dancing life
- Statement of responsibility
- Gavin Larsen
- Title variation
- Power and perfection of a dancing life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist. Starting with her arrival as a young beginner at a class too advanced for her, Larsen tells how the embarrassing mistake ended up helping her learn quickly and advance rapidly. In other stories of her early teachers, training, and auditions, she explains how she gradually came to understand and achieve what she and her body were capable of. Larsen then re-creates scenes from her experiences in dance companies, from unglamorous roles to exhilarating performances. Working as a ballerina was shocking and scary at first, she says, recalling unexpected injuries, leaps of faith, and her constant struggle to operate at the level she wanted--but full of enormously rewarding moments. Larsen also reflects candidly on her difficult decision to retire at age 35"--
- Assigning source
- Publisher's description
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larsen, Gavin
- Dewey number
- 792.8/028092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV1785.L326
- LC item number
- A3 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Larsen, Gavin
- Ballet dancers
- Ballerinas
- Ballet
- Label
- Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life, Gavin Larsen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1197848939
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813066899
- Lccn
- 2020944516
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1197848939
- Label
- Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life, Gavin Larsen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1197848939
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813066899
- Lccn
- 2020944516
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1197848939
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