Dancing on My Grave: An AutobiographyThe shattering story of a dream which became a heartbreaking nightmare for one of America's most famous ballerinas, Gelsey Kirkland, who chronicles her brilliant start as a dancer with George Balanchine, her legendary partnership with Mikhail Baryshnikov, her agonizing descent into drugs, and her struggles to rise again. Photographs. |
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Chapter Two CATS CRADLE | 15 |
Chapter Three GOD INDISPOSED | 32 |
Chapter Four BREAKING THE MIRROR | 53 |
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