These are all wonderful showcases for dance and the dancers in them are terrific and talented.īut for lovers of ballet, there really is only one definitive movie: “The Turning Point,” a 1977 film starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft and introducing the inimitable Mikhail Baryshnikov to the wider world.
You might be a fan of the ballroom competition in “Dancing With the Stars” or the more contemporary “So You Think You Can Dance.” Perhaps you enjoyed the “Step Up” series of movies or the classic musicals starring Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. There are so many movies and television shows that appeal to lovers of dance. Full disclosure: Random House provided a free advance copy of this novel for review.įuller disclosure: I am a published novelist and filmmaker as well as a ballet instructor.įullest disclosure: I have always wanted to write a fictional novel set in the world of ballet.
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