The Dormant Age
Selected to perform as the Queen of the Wilis in the ballet, Giselle, Dawn Hayes is determined to prove to the other dancers that she is the most worthy of a professional career in ballet. Her dance teacher has trained her up to this point to use her body as it was meant to be—to show off its lines and curves of delicate bone beneath taut skin gracefully. The unspoken essence of classical ballet was taught as a set of purposeful movements aimed at ennobling Man.
But when a new teacher enters the studio, Madame Angulaire opens up a peculiar world of modern ballet and what it preaches. Wrapped up in a sheet, Dawn finds herself rocking back and forth to the tap of her teacher’s foot, trapped in movements that feel bizarre and unnatural, all the while wondering if this foreign movement could be considered ballet.
Through a series of uncomfortable pushes and pulls between teachers of varying esthetic beliefs and an unexpected friendship blossoming with an older dancer, Dawn must learn to choose which artistic interpretation of ballet is the correct one, even if it may cost her a career as a professional ballerina.
Author: Kaitlyn Bankson
Format: Hardcover; Paperback; eBook; Audiobook
Print Length: 266 pages
Language: English
Edition No.: 2
Publisher: Kaitlyn Bankson; Dubuque, Iowa
Printed in: United States
Publication Date: August 2, 2022
Hardcover ASIN & ISBN (IngramSpark): B0G54L64WK;979-8-9940905-3-4
Paperback ASIN & ISBN (Amazon): B0G4LSY7L9; 979-8-9940905-0-3
eBook ASIN & ISBN (Kindle): B0B8F5XLBY; 979-8-9940905-1-0
Audiobook ASIN & ISBN (Audible; 6 hrs, 11 mins): B0B9VK7TXR; 979-8-9940905-2-7
Item Weight: 13.8 ounces
Dimensions: 5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
Library of Congress Catalog & Publication Data: N/A
BISAC Categories: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Women
Audience: Trade/General (Adult)
Short Description: An aspiring ballerina must choose between classical and modern ballet as rival artistic philosophies threaten her dream of a professional dance career in this literary novel.
About the Author: Kaitlyn Bankson is an American novelist who writes psychological literary fiction for the individualist. Influenced by Objectivism and the tradition of Romantic Realism, her novels explore the individual mind under pressure. She is the author of five novels—The Paper Pusher, The Dormant Age, A Man of Silence, A Man of Action, and Nest. She lives in Dubuque, Iowa, with her husband and daughter.
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