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Fierce and delicate : essays on dance and illness /

"In Fierce and Delicate, she looks back on the often confused and driven self she had been shaped into and finds beauty in the small roles she performed. When, inevitably, Nicholson moved on from dancing, severed from her first love by illness, she discovered that she retained the lyricism and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicholson, Renée K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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