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[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries -- Publishers Weekly<br><br> Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book. --Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy <br>

[Kelley is] fresh and adept when summoning the art's spellbinding yet harrowing earlier centuries -- Publishers Weekly <br><br> . ..fast-paced and fascinating... a pleasurable read for any balletomane. -- Library Journal <br><br> Ballerina features the powerful and dramatic stories of some of the industries greatest dancers &#8212 The Dance Journal <br><br> Ballerina is a literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage and sorrow, backstage bleakness and transcendent beauty. A terrific book. --Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy <br>

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Deirdre Kelly is a writer with the Globe and Mail and was the paper's dance critic for fifteen years. Her articles on dance have appeared in Dance Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and The International Dictionary of Ballet, and she is currently the Canadian correspondent for the Dance Gazette. She is the author of Paris Times Eight: Finding Myself in the City of Dreams. She lives in Toronto with her family.<br>

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