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Something spectacular : the true story of one Rockette's battle with bulimia
- Title
- Something spectacular : the true story of one Rockette's battle with bulimia / Greta Gleissner.
- Author
- Gleissner, Greta, 1973-
- Publication
- Berkeley, CA : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *MGYB (Gleissner) 18-6485 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 248 pages : portrait; 21 cm
- Summary
- Recounts the former Rockette's experience battling bulimia, discussing the toll it took on her personal and professional life and the means by which she chose to hide the disease--including cheating, lying, and stealing.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Autobiographies.
- Contents
- Act I -- Overture -- Scene 1: kicking high -- Scene 2: a spectacular life -- Scene 3: the great divide -- Scene 4: dancing into destruction -- Scene 5: behind the curtain -- Interlude -- Scene 6: the great fall of one wooden soldier -- Scene 7: you have only two options -- Act II, Scene 1: there is a miracle -- Scene 2: family week -- Scene 3: a turning point -- Scene 4: accepting the things I can -- Finale.
- Call Number
- *MGYB (Gleissner) 18-6485
- ISBN
- 9781580054157
- 1580054153
- LCCN
- 2011045965
- OCLC
- 760977624
- Author
- Gleissner, Greta, 1973-
- Title
- Something spectacular : the true story of one Rockette's battle with bulimia / Greta Gleissner.
- Imprint
- Berkeley, CA : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- *MGYB (Gleissner) 18-6485