The grave of ballerina Marie Tagioni at the Montmartre cemetery in Paris, where young dancers still leave their dancing shoes and flowers. Marie Taglioni pioneered the en pointe style of dance which characterises ballet today.
She struggled to breathe, struggle to move as she trembled, spine arching, head tilting, and her vein-covered lips parted, as if draining the energy from the room. The thing which snapped her from this state were knocks on the bathroom door and a voi