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Danseuse étoile
Agnès Letestu, Gérard Mannoni

As a child, Agnès Letestu wanted to be a doctor. But when she saw ballet costumes on TV, she became attracted to dancing… or perhaps just to the costumes at first. Her virtuosity is extraordinary, but dancing was never about technique for her. Above all, she wanted to learn about herself, to explore the remote recesses of her own personality by incarnating a wide range of characters, from the most passionate and figurative ones, like Camille (La Dame aux camélias) and Giselle, to the abstractions of white ballets and contemporary creations.

In this book, written with Gérard Mannoni, the great prima ballerina offers readers wide-ranging commentary on dancing: the years of training as well as teaching, the connection between mind and body, the great roles, the body as both friend and foe, relationships with choreographers, etc. Rarely has a great dancer opened herself up like this, with both candor and intelligence.

One of the great prima ballerinas counts her years of training and her career, while also offering profound reflections about dance in general.

Danseuse étoile -
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  • Buchet/Chastel
  • Musique
  • Memoirs, autobiography
  • Publication date : 15/09/2016
  • Size : 14 x 20,5 cm, 224 p., 19,00 EUR €
  • ISBN 978-2-283-02938-1
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