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Marie in Fourth Position: The Story of Degas' 'The Little Dancer'
Marie in Fourth Position The Story of Degas' 'The Little Dancer' Author:Amy Littlesugar, Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator) He wanted her to soar like a butterfly. But how could Marie, just a "rat" in the chorus of the Paris Opera, know how it feels to fly, to have the ballet spotlight on her feet alone? In her mind, Marie believes she will remain unnoticed forever. — Yet one man believes in Marie -- the famous painter Edgar Degas, a man known to... more » many as "Monsieur Terrible." Degas is looking for a pose that Paris will never forget, and he is convinced the little dancer -- la petite danseuse -- can give it to him.
With paintings that richly echo Degas himself and dramatically capture the nineteenth-century Parisian world, Ian Schoenherr and author Amy Littlesugar tell the story of one of the most famous sculptures ever created. It is the story of an unlikely friendship and theincredible power of imagination.« less