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This program is read by the author. "Don't expect just tulle and toe shoes. In this fascinating insider's tale, NYCB dancer Pazcoguin reveals her world. . . . A striking debut."—People Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB's first Asian American female soloist Georgina Pazcoguin lays bare her unfiltered story of leaving small-town Pennsylvania for New York City and training amid the unique demands of being a hybrid professional athlete/artist, all before finishing high school. She pitches us into the fascinating, whirling shoes of dancers in one of the most revered ballet companies in the world with an unapologetic sense of humor about the cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest mentality at NYCB. Some swan dives are literal: even in the ballet, there are plenty of face-plants, backstage fights, late-night parties, and raucous company bonding sessions. Rocked by scandal in the wake of the #MeToo movement, NYCB sits at an inflection point, inching toward progress in a strictly traditional culture, and Pazcoguin doesn't shy away from ballet's dark side. She continues to be one of the few dancers openly speaking up against the sexual harassment, mental abuse, and racism that in the past went unrecognized or was tacitly accepted as par for the course—all of which she has painfully experienced firsthand. Tying together Pazcoguin's fight for equality in the ballet with her infectious and deeply moving passion for her craft, Swan Dive is a one-of-a-kind account that guarantees you'll never view a ballerina or a ballet the same way again. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
This looks great! I can’t wait to read it! I think the publishers must have made a mistake in their description, though. It says Georgina P was NYCB’s first Asian-American soloist, but what about Edwaard Liang or Gen Horiuchi? I think they must have forgotten the word “female.”
The best I can say about this book, is that it was just okay. I enjoyed most of her stories and also enjoyed getting a peek behind the scenes at the New York City Ballet. Her persona was crass, even vulgar at times. Swearing doesn't usually bother me at all, but she was really mouthy and it felt contrived, like she was trying to re-enforce her self perceived "Rogue Ballerina" image. The book lacked sincerity but was still generally interesting. ( )
This memoir could have been edited into a much better book. The author, a rebellious soloist in the New York City Ballet during the harassment-heavy reign of Peter Martins, is Asian-American, and doesn't get to dance in the classical lead roles (Dew Drop Fairy, Giselle) assigned to the blonde, taller, thinner white dancers with plenty of thigh gap (in fact, one painful chapter deals with the surgery Gina has to shrink hers, due to Martins' disapproval and pressure). She points out the colorism inherent in the company and in ballet as a whole, sharing the example of the A (white) and B (people of color) casts of the Nutcracker, without specifically acknowledging the dearth of Black principal or soloist dancers. She is a co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface, a diversity group addressing the removal of Asian stereotypes from ballets. Her solid, supportive family background seems to have helped her thrive in the extremely stressful atmosphere, but her thoughts in the book are scattered and not cohesive. The best parts are her sharing the warm camaraderie that exists despite the intense competition for roles and for the favor of choreographers and repertory directors, and her behind-the-curtains views are enlightening and amusing. But the book suffers from a lack of cohesion and just flies everywhere in a scattershot manner, thereby reducing the impact of her critiques. ( )
This program is read by the author. "Don't expect just tulle and toe shoes. In this fascinating insider's tale, NYCB dancer Pazcoguin reveals her world. . . . A striking debut."—People Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB's first Asian American female soloist Georgina Pazcoguin lays bare her unfiltered story of leaving small-town Pennsylvania for New York City and training amid the unique demands of being a hybrid professional athlete/artist, all before finishing high school. She pitches us into the fascinating, whirling shoes of dancers in one of the most revered ballet companies in the world with an unapologetic sense of humor about the cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest mentality at NYCB. Some swan dives are literal: even in the ballet, there are plenty of face-plants, backstage fights, late-night parties, and raucous company bonding sessions. Rocked by scandal in the wake of the #MeToo movement, NYCB sits at an inflection point, inching toward progress in a strictly traditional culture, and Pazcoguin doesn't shy away from ballet's dark side. She continues to be one of the few dancers openly speaking up against the sexual harassment, mental abuse, and racism that in the past went unrecognized or was tacitly accepted as par for the course—all of which she has painfully experienced firsthand. Tying together Pazcoguin's fight for equality in the ballet with her infectious and deeply moving passion for her craft, Swan Dive is a one-of-a-kind account that guarantees you'll never view a ballerina or a ballet the same way again. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
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