Cosmopolitan Review: remembering ballerina Tanaquil le Clercq
Yvonne Delaney Mitchell | 2/20/2014, 1:09 p.m.  For all of you
ballet lovers out there—and I know you are there—the
film “Afternoon of a Faun” was most recently shown at the
Francesca Beale Theater at Lincoln Center. The documentary,
which follows the dance career of prima ballerina Tanaquil le
Clercq, will keep your eyes fixated on the screen. It will amaze
you with le Clercq’s mind-blowing talent and move you to tears
as the story of her life unfolds on the screen.   Born in 1929
in France, le Clercq moved with her mother to New York at the
tender age of 10, where she began to study ballet at the School
of American Ballet, founded by the incomparable George
Balanchine. Destined to be a star, le Clercq rose quickly
through the corps de ballet. She possessed long legs that melted
into her slender body and all of the grace, charm and allure of
any creature known to man.  Balanchine was so captivated by her
innate beauty and talent that many of his