Of all the good ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq could have been essentially the most transcendent. With a physique in contrast to any earlier than hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike. Along with her elongated, race-horse physique, she grew to become the brand new prototype for the good George Balanchine. Due to her extraordinary motion and distinctive persona on stage, she grew to become a muse to 2 of the best choreographers in dance, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She finally married Balanchine, and Robbins created his well-known model of Afternoon of a Faun for her. She had love, fame, adoration, and was the foremost dancer of her day till it all of a sudden all stopped. On the age of 27, she was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She by no means danced once more. The ballet world has been haunted by her story ever since.
