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Description of  Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet

"Neither romanticizing or decrying the dance world, Robb beautifully explores the push-pull of masochism and perfectionismpreoccupations 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 An incisive exploration of ballets 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. Read more