The Ballerina Mindset
How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence
$43.33
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2022
Summary
Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America’s premiere ballerinas–and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.
Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It’s a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that combines elite athleticism, artistry, and performance. Not only do dancers rehearse for six to eight hours a day before performing at night, but they…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143136040 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143136046 |
| Author: | Megan Fairchild |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
“Encouraging and full of common-sense advice, Fairchild’s book will help readers trying to fulfill their true potential. Even those who aren’t pursuing ballet will find it helpful.”
—Library Journal
“A compendium of hard-won wisdom … Fairchild provides type A readers eminently practical and practiced advice for dancing ahead in life without the drama.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Fairchild has struggled with anxiety, self-doubt, and the crush of external criticism. She discusses all of this, and more, with wit, openness, and a bracing straightforwardness in this slim, well-written volume of essay-like chapters, in which she confronts both the challenges and the rewards of being a dancer at one of the world’s great ballet companies.”
—Fjord Review
Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. After moving from Utah to New York City at the age of sixteen to study ballet full-time, she was offered an apprenticeship with NYCB, and was promoted to principal–the highest rank–just three years later. In 2014, she took a temporary leave from NYCB to play the lead role, Miss Turnstiles, in the Broadway musical On the Town. She is also the host of the YouTube series Conversations with Megan, a former brand ambassador for Cole Haan, and an MBA student at NYU’s Stern School of Business.
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