{"product_id":"ballea","title":"Ballet is My Boyfriend, by E. Ambler","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn order to balance, dancers must stack up their bones so that gravity’s only effect is to keep them connected to the earth. \u003cem\u003eBallet Is My Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the gravitational pulls of various passions: for an art form, for a person, for justice, for a dream. These gravities are not as easy to work with as the physical one. The soul does not stack as simply as the skeleton. These poems attempt to navigate the complex questions that arise as a childhood dream grows into harsh reality. Is there a limit to the amount of passion one person can hold? Is it possible to love an art form as much as a person? What happens when that art form does not love in return? \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough a feminist lens, this chapbook draws on the author’s experiences in the world of professional ballet to investigate the physicality of love and inevitability of loss. In the popular imagination, ballerinas exist on stages, untouchable. \u003cem\u003eBallet Is My Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e brings this fantasy down to earth, displaying the many forces that touch one dancer’s life. Perfect balance may be unattainable, but there is beauty to be found in following passion despite imperfect conditions. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge that working to change these conditions is part of the art of dream-chasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eE. Ambler is a dancer and writer originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a dancer, she has performed with American Repertory Ballet, Festival Ballet Providence, and Ballet Quad Cities. Her poetry has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Foundationalist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLUX Creative Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and was featured in the musical score for Katherine Bickford’s short film “Fairyland” for the 2021 edition of the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project. She currently lives in Davenport, Iowa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E. Ambler","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":39722093412423,"sku":"BALLEA","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":39722093445191,"sku":"BALLEAe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/balletfront.png?v=1697489151","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/ballea","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}