I read this in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s, in my public library back when books still had that distinctive library hardcover binding. It was green or blue and rather thick, probably 200 pages or so. I feel like it was probably written sometime between the 1950’s to 70’s, although I can’t remember the time frame of the story.The plot centered around a young American (I think) dancer, tall but talented, who goes to Paris to study ballet. She’s discouraged when her teacher tells her she has no “heart” in her dancing because she’s never fallen in love, and the girl eventually becomes an assistant or something to a properly tiny ballerina who loves that she’s so tall…I remember there’s a scene where she’s intentionally being goofy as she practices and someone comes in and is thrilled at her talent for comedic dance. Maybe she falls in love at the end? I’ve exhausted my skills at searching for this book. I’m curious if it was as good as I think it was.
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