Dancing for Degas

Author: Katheryn Wagner
Stars: 4
Review by: smudge
Destination: France

Alexendrie, a fictional character, becomes a ballerina because of her love of dance and the need to provide for herself and family.  She becomes the favorite model of Degas with whom she falls in love.  However, she must choose between love and a financially secure future.  The story accurately portrays the period of Degas, a difficult person, when he was painting ballet dancers.  The story about a ballerina's life is very interesting however, a very few sources about a dancer's life are cited in the bibliography so it is difficult to know what it true and what is not.  The story was interesting although the ending was disappointing.