CALIFORNIA, 1983. Anneliese is a young ballerina who comes of age as she is performing with a troupe of dancers ten years her senior. Immersed in the new freedom of adulthood, she is enchanted with Rebecca, the seamstress and professional costumer for the company. Anneliese’s budding attraction to Rebecca surprises and confuses her, in spite of her shyness. When Rebecca flirts back, Anneliese understands there is more to life than those in her carefully controlled world had led her to believe.
Ballet, of course, is her first passion, and dancing the Romeo and Juliet pas de deux with Christopher is the highlight of her youthful experience. She throws herself into the piece, and we are lifted up along with her in Sellge's lyrical prose. In these moments, Anneliese is able to transcend mere youth as she grows more and more adept at the most difficult dance techniques. Her energy, however, is distracted by two identities that seem always at odds: a daughter, and a dancer. Anneliese’s grandmother, her closest ally, is the only one who really understands her—but her health is deteriorating and Anneliese doesn't want to worry her by sharing her deepest thoughts and feelings. Her family in general remains separate and apart not only emotionally, but seems to constantly pull her away from her deepest love and the things that mean the most to her.
Though struggling with the knowledge that she cannot keep the love of the one she most desires, Anneliese coaches herself to confidence, accepting her identity and discovering freedom on her own terms. At home, she reaches a truce with those whose attempts to contain her through her wild years has almost destroyed her relationship with the last bastion of support, her family. She also gains perspective on the world of performing arts, and the passionate personalities whose wild natures reach to match her own.
CALIFORNIA, 1983. Anneliese is a young ballerina who comes of age as she is performing with a troupe of dancers ten years her senior. Immersed in the new freedom of adulthood, she is enchanted with Rebecca, the seamstress and professional costumer for the company. Anneliese’s budding attraction to Rebecca surprises and confuses her, in spite of her shyness. When Rebecca flirts back, Anneliese understands there is more to life than those in her carefully controlled world had led her to believe.
Ballet, of course, is her first passion, and dancing the Romeo and Juliet pas de deux with Christopher is the highlight of her youthful experience. She throws herself into the piece, and we are lifted up along with her in Sellge's lyrical prose. In these moments, Anneliese is able to transcend mere youth as she grows more and more adept at the most difficult dance techniques. Her energy, however, is distracted by two identities that seem always at odds: a daughter, and a dancer. Anneliese’s grandmother, her closest ally, is the only one who really understands her—but her health is deteriorating and Anneliese doesn't want to worry her by sharing her deepest thoughts and feelings. Her family in general remains separate and apart not only emotionally, but seems to constantly pull her away from her deepest love and the things that mean the most to her.
Though struggling with the knowledge that she cannot keep the love of the one she most desires, Anneliese coaches herself to confidence, accepting her identity and discovering freedom on her own terms. At home, she reaches a truce with those whose attempts to contain her through her wild years has almost destroyed her relationship with the last bastion of support, her family. She also gains perspective on the world of performing arts, and the passionate personalities whose wild natures reach to match her own.
Narrow Girls on a Blue Profound Stage
Narrow Girls on a Blue Profound Stage
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940165830334 |
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| Publisher: | Propertius Press |
| Publication date: | 04/15/2022 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 711 KB |