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A young girl's discovery of ballet is combined with the magic of French Impressionist Edgar Degas's paintings to create a story as delicate and lovely as the ballerina herself. Drawn from the 1922 autobiography of prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, this reminiscence tells of her first trip to the ballet to see Sleeping Beauty with her mother. Her youthful words reflect the sweet wonder of the experience, as well as the gentle love between mother and child. The moment the breathless Pavlova voices her desire to dance on the stage one day, followed by her mother's response that she is "her silly little dear," is made all the more poignant by the reader's knowledge that this particular little girl's dream did come true. Filled with the enchanting details of the ballet, and perfectly accompanied by the famous ballerina paintings of Degas, this is a book to be treasured by dancers, art lovers, and devotees of ballet alike. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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Nicholas Fioretti
reviewed Sone Que era una Bailerina (I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina) on October 13, 2010
Sone Que era una Bailerina (I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina)
A lovely book combining short excerpts from Anna Pavlova's autobiography paired with some of Degas' (many!) paintings and sketches of ballerinas, along with a few relevant non-ballerina paintings. Here, the focus is on Pavlova's early life, her poverty-stricken childhood and the dream-come-true day when her mother takes her to see "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet. That night, Pavlova dreams that SHE is the ballerina. The afterword explains how that dream also came true ;-)
(parents may wish to screen the author's note first as it mentions how Pavlova love ballet so much she chose to die rather than live a life without ballet.)
Though I'm not sure this story would captivate the youngest audiences, there are already many picture books out there for the 4-8 year old ballerinas. This book is a welcome addition to the genre for older children, those ready to explore beyond the "Angelina Ballerina" fantasy worlds of ballet or the stories about contemporary little girls in ballet class, and delve into the real-lives of some famous ballerinas. It's also a great way to introduce them to Degas' work.
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