Collusion

Starting at age 12, Evan Zimrothput herself into the hands of her ballett master, who introduced himself by asking but a simple question: -Do you want to be a great dancer?' Answeing yes meant that she was ready to give up a normal life-boys, family, pop music, hamburgers, homework- for a life dedicated to technical perfection and lived under the watchful eye of a demanding and tempermental man, who became parent, teacher, and idol all at once. Told from the refreshing perspective of the -real' world (unlike the memoirs of famous ballerinas), Collusion describes the secret llife of ballet. Free of conventional moral judgements, it tells of possession and surrender, of the bond between a young girl and an older man.