Unsparing but sympathetic, both humane and abjectly sad, it showed a world many at the time preferred to ignore: one in which women danced nude for handfuls of dollars, in tawdry, spit-and-sawdust tents erected in one-horse towns.
I love wearing high heels.
She began ballet study at age 6, trained with youth programs around the country and, at age 15, joined the San Francisco Ballet.