Joel Lobenthal

I have loved reading about ballet since I was a young girl. I've read MANY ballerina biographies, and usually I find them interesting and easy to read. This book was not like that.

The beginning of the book went into too much detail about Ms. Wilde's family, with many names of people who are not important to her life as a ballerina. The book was not at all engaging, and had an odd way of quoting Ms. Wilde herself speaking about her past. It was jarring and just didn't work for me.

I'll be honest. I could not finish this book. As a previous reviewer said, it was more of a presentation of facts, names and dates, and was just really boring. There are too many good books out there for me to waste my time on a book that cannot hold my interest.… (altro)

This was not what I was anticipating. I have been a ballet fan since I could walk and thought I was interested in every aspect of it. However, after reading this strange story of Wilde, Balanchine, and a few other dancers, I am not even sure of I have gained any more knowledge about the art of dance than I did before. The stories involved never seemed to intertwine and I felt I was reading more about the travel and loved affairs than about the dancing. It was very well written, just not about the actual subject of dancing on a level i expected.… (altro)