(Oneworld £16.99, 304pp) Noel Coward warned Mrs Worthington not to put her daughter on the stage, and parents who read Alice Robb’s memoir might well whisk their little darlings away from pink tutus and pointe shoes altogether.This riveting memoir-meets-critical-appraisal examines classical ballet, revealing it to be less career, more cult — and as psychologically and physically brutal as it is beautiful.
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