![]() ![]() ![]() With MARIE, DANCING, the story behind Edgar Degas's well known sculpture, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, is brought to vivid life in this fictionalized account.Īt fourteen, Marie van Goethem still holds out hope that one day her life will be, if not grand, then better than it is now. I can't count the times that I've seen a truly inspiring painting or sculpture and wondered what the inspiration behind it was. This book is for anybody who likes to read about history in a fictional way. It was a pity that Marie had to stop taking ballet. I thought it was interesting to see where Degas got his inspiration for his statue. Charlotte stays in school and becomes a teacher at the school when she is older. The only dancer left is Marie's younger sister, Charlotte. Marie then fails her test and she is also removed. Marie has been too busy trying to help Antoinette get out of jail that she too misses classes. Antoinette is removed from the ballet school. ![]() But later in the book, Antoinette is taken to jail and misses too many days of ballet practice. Marie's mother wants all her children to become famous dancers. Marie's older sister, Antoinette also modeled for Degas. She will be modeling for a statue that is made from wax. But Marie is not going to be modeling for a portrait. ![]() At the beginning of the book, she is asked to model for a artist called Degas. This book is about a dancer named Marie von Gotham. ![]()
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