Dancing on My Grave

Gelsey Kirkland was a princess in the world of American ballet. The seeming fairy tale of her life in the rarefied atmosphere of classical dance was considerably darker than it appeared to those on the outside. The endless pressure to rise to soloist and later to principal dancer took a toll on the psyche and body of the young dancer. Dancing On My Grave details her eating disorders, drug abuse and difficult relationships with George Ballanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov.