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03933aam a22004698i 4500 001 2E5A243AA6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230207010047 008 220831s2023 nyu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2022040833 020 $a 0358653339 020 $a 9780358653332 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 792.8/0973 $2 23/eng/20220917 100 1 $a Robb, Alice, $e author. 245 10 $a Don't think, dear : $b on loving & leaving ballet / $c Alice Robb. 246 3 $a Do not think, dear 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2302 264 1 $a New York : $b Mariner Books, $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Mr. B -- A very extreme sense of escape and control -- Little rats -- Brought up to turn off -- Just try to look nice, dear -- Crown of thorns -- They make you feel like an hourglass -- Brains in their toes -- Reverence. 520 $a "An incisive exploration of ballet's role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet. Ballet is an art full of hyper-feminine trappings, but beneath the ornate costumes and exaggerated stage makeup, traits like thinness, stoicism, and submission are valued above all else. Journalist Alice Robb spent years immersed in that universe as a child, but as an adult, she couldn't shake the feelingthat the same laws that governed the dance world still applied in the regular one. Certain bodies hold more value than others, and men oftentimes hold the most power of all. Pain is best left concealed, along with sexuality, in all of its messiness. Obedience and conformity are rewarded, while standing out comes at a cost. Profound, nuanced, and obsessively researched, Don't Think, Dear, is Robb's excavation of her adolescent years as a dancer, and an exploration of how those days informed her life for years to come. As she grapples with the pressure she faced as a student at the storied School of American Ballet, she explores the fates of her former classmates as well. From sweet and shy Emily--whose body was deemed "thin enough" only when she was too ill to eat--to the precocious and talented Meiying--who despite her success, had to contend with the fact that she was the only Vietnamese-American in the school. Altogether, their stories are ones of heartbreak and resilience, of reinvention and regret. Along the way, Robb weaves in the myths of famous ballerinas past and present, from the groundbreaking Misty Copeland, to the controversial George Balanchine. Ballet does not exist in a vacuum, it is a laboratory of womanhood, a test-tube world in which traditional femininity is exaggerated. By exploring the psyche of a dancer, Don't Think, Dear grapples with the contradictions and challenges of being a woman today. It's also a story about chasing your dreams, however complicated, and learning when to let them go"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Robb, Alice. 610 20 $a School of American Ballet $x History. 650 0 $a Ballerinas $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ballerinas $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Ballet $x History $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Robb, Alice. $b First edition $t Don't think, dear $d New York : Mariner Books, [2023] $z 9780358653318 $w (DLC) 2022040834 941 $a 9 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611012825.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024846.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20230630011246.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010149.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230502010417.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230405010151.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230404020054.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230302012509.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230228011459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2E5A243AA6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search