To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel (Paperback) by Siena Cherson Siegel

from cmesa1

Nice Graphic Novel. It starts telling the life of The Author by episodes. The comics makes it interesting and pleasant to read is not a heavy book . I like the fact that It also includes real data on the most famous dancers the rusian groups and the real live of a profesional Ballerina. It also g...

from katrinafroelich

The images and comic book layout adeptly select the most significant and transitional moments in Siena's journey. The watercolor and ink drawings convey the movement and energy of the dance. The written language is a bit lackluster and awkward in places.

from clrichm

The only reason this wouldn't get 5 stars is that I really wanted to know more at the end! Even just an addition to the notes at the end would have been good; the scrapbook of mementos was a nice inclusion. The author's abrupt end to her dance career just felt jarring, especially without any sort...

from julieah

In this inspiring graphic novel, a husband and wife team up to create the story of Siena's Siegel's dancing career. Siegel began dancing at a very young age and even moved out of Puerto Rico and continued dancing in Boston. As she got older her dancing improved and her family moved to New York wh...

from abbylibrarian

A very sweet graphic novel memoir of the author's time in ballet school. She went to ballet school in New York for 12 years between the ages of 6 and 18. The book is told in a series of vignettes, written by Siena Siegel and illustrated by her husband Mark. It will delight young readers intereste...