Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet (42 page)

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and focus on author’s strength,
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and focus on body image,
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and focus on dance,
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and focus on eating disorders,
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helping others via,
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and media intrusion,
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New York Times
review,
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opening-night performance,
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and
Oprah,
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public response to review of,
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return to,
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seeking God’s plan in,
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and
Today
show appearance,
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Swan Lake
(Tchaikovsky),
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Sylve, Sofiane,
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Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College,
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Symphony in C
(Balanchine),
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Symphony in Three Movements
(Balanchine),
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Taylor, Janie,
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich:

The Nutcracker,
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Serenade for Strings in C,
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The Sleeping Beauty,
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Swan Lake,
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Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3,
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Tharp, Twyla,
Beethoven’s Seventh,
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Time,
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Today
(TV),
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Tokyo, performance in,
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Tracey, Kathleen “Katey,”
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Tracey, Margaret “Meg,”
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Tumkovsky, Antonia “Tumey,”
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Tupin, Oleg,
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2 and 3 Part Inventions
(Robbins),
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Van Kipnis, Pascale,
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Velez, Inmaculada,
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Verona, Italy, performance in,
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Vienna Waltzes
(Balanchine),
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Virginia, author’s family move to,
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Virginia Ballet School,
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Walker, Elizabeth,
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The Waltz Project
(Martins),
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Washington Ballet,
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ballet style in,
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Serenade
performed by,
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summer courses with,
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Washington School of Ballet,
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author’s acceptance in,
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author’s audition for,
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author’s first fall in,
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summer intensive in,
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Weese, Miranda,
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weight:

author released because of,
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–10,
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author’s acceptance of,
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–20,
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author’s loss of,
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author’s obsession with,
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for ballet,
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control of,
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and dance critics,
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fluctuating,
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and Overeaters Anonymous,
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and overeating,
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and pregnancy,
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and self-image,
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–17,
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–50

society’s bias about,
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–17,
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West Side Story Suite
(Robbins),
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Wheeldon, Christopher,
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Evenfall,
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Whelan, Wendy,
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Williams, Stanley,
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Winfrey, Oprah,
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Woetzel, Damien,
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World Financial Center, performing at,
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Choreography depicted, © The George Balanchine Trust:
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: Photo by Linda Smalley.

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: © 2013 Eduardo Patino, NYC.

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: Brian Rushton. The George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.

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: Photo by Wendy Whelan.

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: Brian Rushton. The George Balanchine Foundation Archive of Lost Choreography.

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: Sarah Silver / Trunk Archive.

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: Terry Brown.

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: © Rosalie O’Connor Photography.

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: Courtesy of Rebecca Ringer.