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Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet about?
**"Neither romanticizing or decrying the dance world, Robb beautifully explores the push-pull of masochism and perfectionism—preoccupations not just relevant to aspiring dancers, but to anyone who's ever pursued an almost-impossible dream."** ?— **Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of Why We Can't Sleep and Also a Poet** Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet world. After she quit, she tried to avoid ballet—only to realize, years later, that she was still haunted by the lessons she had absorbed in the mirror-lined studios of Lincoln Center, and that they had served her well in the wider world. The traits ballet takes to an extreme—stoicism, silence, submission—are valued in girls and women everywhere. As she grapples with the pressure she faced as a student at the School of American Ballet, she investigates the fates of her former classmates as well. From sweet and innocent Emily, whose body was deemed thin enough only when she was too ill to eat, to precocious and talented Meiying, who was thrilled to be cast as th
Who reads Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Alice Robb
- Publisher
- Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780358653332
- Category
- performing arts
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (146 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14