To dance : a memoir

To dance A memoir

Siena Cherson Siegel

Book - 2019

"Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six--and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico, to dance classes at the School of American Ballet, to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet while working with ballet legend George Balanchine. Part family history, part backstage drama, this beautifully updated graphic memoir--which features a refreshed design and a brand-new scrapbook of Siena's mementoes--is an original, firsthand look a young dancer's beginnings. Siena Siegel is an author and former dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet. To Dance is her story."--Publisher's website.

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Subjects
Siegel, Siena Cherson > Juvenile literature.
Siegel, Siena Cherson > Comic books, strips, etc.
Ballerinas > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ballerinas > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Genres
Autobiographical comics
Nonfiction comics
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Published
New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Siena Cherson Siegel (author)
Other Authors
Mark Siegel, 1967- (illustrator)
Edition
First edition ; Special edition
Item Description
Originally published in 2006.
"This work is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of her experiences over a period of years."--last page.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Awards
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2007.
ISBN
9781481486637
9781481486644
Contents unavailable.
Review by Horn Book Review

Even more effectively than the original, this special edition of the 2006 graphic memoir about Cherson Siegel's youth as a School of American Ballet student embodies the paradox of ballet: that every moment of seeming effortlessness on stage is the product of years of grueling work. Softened outlines and delicately hued watercolor washes depict young Siena's long-cherished dream and the ethereal-looking dancers, while extended, well-paced panel sequences convey the tedium and immense physical toll of training. A spacious redesigned layout heightens the emotional effect and nicely echoes the memoir's closing line: "Dancing fills a space in me." Six new scrapbook pages of photos and ephemera are appended. Katie Bircher November/December 2019 p.130(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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