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Kessler, Lauren.

Title Raising the barre : big dreams, false starts, and my midlife quest to dance the Nutcracker / Lauren Kessler.

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Boston, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY KESSLER	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	792.8 KESSLER	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	792.8 KES	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	B KESSLER, L.	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	792.8092 KESSLER	Check Shelf

Edition	First Da Capo Press edition.
Description	xvii, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Contents	Prologue -- The binge -- The cure -- Cracking the nut -- Reality bites -- A good talking-to -- The door opens -- The ballerinas -- Prep for the prep -- Let the wild rumpus begin -- Bulls-eye -- Perfection -- In the company -- The ballet book club -- The uncomfort zone -- Going native -- Humble pie -- Rehearsals -- On the road -- Road warriors -- The life of the party.
Summary	An award-winning author's journey to turn off the comfortable cruise-control of midlife and reclaim the daring of her girlhood by dancing in the world's most popular ballet, The Nutcracker, with a professional company.
Subject	Ballet dancing.
	Nutcracker (Choreographic work)
	Kessler, Lauren.
	Authors -- Biography.
	Kessler, Lauren. (OCoLC)fst00120558
	Nutcracker (Choreographic work) (OCoLC)fst01357703
	Authors. (OCoLC)fst00821688
	Ballet dancing. (OCoLC)fst00826049
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN	9780738218311 (Hardcover : alk. paper)
	0738218316 (Hardcover : alk. paper)

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