" This book can be considered a joint collaborative project between Deniau and Le Riche.  As this series evolved over a considerable amount of time, you can sense the mutual trust.  There is the hint of  vulnerability, an openness between them. Viewing the body of work, it appears that Deniau was able to capture more of the spirit of Le Riche, and she did so with grace and respect. (...)

Although this book is specificly about Le Riche, it is a story and an insight about all artists and especially ballet performers.  Each artist has a private life that is much diffent than the very public life under the lights and in front of the audience. They are real people, dealing with real problems, who work untold hours to fine tune their skills and craft, all to create the allusion of how “effortless” the abilities are while on stage. Deniau captures all of that, from the down time, to the rehersals and hours of work to prepare the performance, the resulting sweat and worn out ballet slippers."