minty Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Hello everybody , I am a great ballet fan, and love reading ; I've read most of the ballet books written for children, and some biographies (Margot Fonteyn, Noureev, Béjart, martha graham, deborah bull) ; I wanted to know if someone could suggest novels about ballet Thank you Link to comment
Alexandra Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Minty, I'm going to move your question to the Books forum -- you might want to browse through some of those threads, as I think topic this has come up before and you might find some suggestions in past posts. (And that's not to say that this can't be discussed again.) Link to comment
Susanne Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I guess there aren't too many fictional ballet books for adults However, I read three very good childrens books that were written by a British author when I was a child. They were by the author Jean Richardson: The first step Dancer in the wings One foot on the ground these three all are about the same girl, and we follow her from childhood to a young adult. I simply loved these books! They tell ballet not from the most glamourous side and it seems to be quite authentic. (At least they were authentic enough for me as a 16 when I re-read them the last time ;) ) We are not too spoiled with ballet fiction here. (Unlike when I was in France and saw that every other book shelf in the bookstores had fiction ballet books for children) Link to comment
minty Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 Thank you Suzanne, I have read those three books by Richardson, and loved them ! I don't know about Sweden, but I think ii's in England that the "book situation" is better ; I live in Paris and I don't find a lot of books about ballet ... However, I do have a list of french children's books if anyone's interested Link to comment
scoop Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 I picked up a novel this summer that I still haven't read: ""The Four Temperaments," by Yona Zeldis McDonough. She's a former SAB student, and the title refers to the Balanchine ballet of that name. It sounds kind of melodramatic, about a young New York City Ballet dancer and a violinist who falls in love with her, but I thought it might have some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff given the author's background. Link to comment
Guest wiccabex Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 i know of one childrens series in the uk that i quite enjoyed the series is titled satin slippers written by Elizabeth Bernard Theres 11 or so books following one girl from joining SFBA right through Link to comment
ConstanzaElisabeth Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 The Unmaking of a Dancer- I got my copy from the library and have already lent it out to two of my friends but it is due back...don't remember the author though... Link to comment
Swiss_Chard Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 A children's book that I always loved is "Ballet Shoes" by Noel Streatfield (sp?). Link to comment
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