Darcey's Ballerina Heroines

A feast for the senses - an authoritative history of the best ballets and the finest ballerinas. As courtesans, fashion icons, political pawns and international celebrities, the great ballerinas have played a multitude of roles both on and off the stage. British prima ballerina Darcey Bussell explores the changing role of the ballerina from 18th-century France to 1950s America.