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Raising the Barre: Big Dreams

By Lauren Kessler

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780738218328, 9780738218311, 0738218316, 0738218324
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4110024 bytes)
Pages
256 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

When I was six, my father nicknamed me Laurisa Kesslova because, he said, all great dancers were Russians, and since I was going to be a great dancer, I needed a Russian name. I aim to reclaim that name.When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good sense, and forgetting how old you are and how you're "supposed" to act. It's about testing limits and raising the bar(re) on your own life.

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