![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not an easy feat, Exhibit A being the great dearth of fiction that convincingly portrays the inner lives of these peculiarly committed virtuosos, who sacrifice so much in the name of art. The challenge for the novelist is how to present dancers as human, how to temper the soap operatic with the real. No wonder, then, that dancers’ professional and social lives become inescapably entwined, and that fictional works revolving around ballet so often default to melodrama. The ballet world is incestuous - insular and intensely intimate, full of young, beautiful people who work grueling hours and share in one another’s triumphs, setbacks and neuroses. ![]()
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