Gavin Larsen was a professional ballet dancer for eighteen years before retiring in 2010. A principal dancer with the Oregon Ballet Theatre, she also danced with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Alberta Ballet. She has written for Pointe, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, and Dancing Times among others.
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Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the dai... SEE MORE