Arms Out Like Wings

By Glenda Taylor

Arms Out Like Wings is an anecdotal memoir about my seven years spent in a ballet boarding school from 1969 to 1976 aged nine to seventeen. A ‘Pygmalion-esque’ story that takes me from my crowded, lo... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

Arms Out Like Wings episodes:

June 11, 2018 Bras, Boobs & Periods - Chapter 2 - Episode 30
Not so patiently waiting for breasts to appear. Bra-tastic. Periods at last.
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6min
June 10, 2018 Contemporary Dance, Top of the Pops & Cinzano - Chapter 2 - Episodes 31 to 33
Cool Girls do contemporary. Watching Top of the Pops in the library. Drunk in class.
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11min
June 09, 2018 Teachers - Chapter 2 - Episode 34
An eclectic array of teachers covering subjects from English language to stage make-up.
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14min
June 08, 2018 The Language of Ballet, Music in the Corridors & Flu Epidemic - Chapter 2 - Episodes 35 to 38
Becoming fluent in the language of ballet. Learning Benesh notation. Music in the corridors. Flu epidemic gets us all sent home.
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9min
June 07, 2018 Top Floor - Chapter 3 - Episode 39
Feeling really grown up and rearing little bird. Heart throbs on the wall. No room to swing a cat. Bottom shaping games!
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5min
June 06, 2018 Break a Leg, The Ward & Day by Day - Chapter 3 - Episodes 40 to 42
Knocked over by a car and breaking a leg causing a pause in career & training. What seems like endless time in hospital. Family sacrifices.
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14min
June 05, 2018 Physiotherapy, Day of Reckoning & the Dreaded Calliper - Chapter 3 - Episodes 43-45
Physiotherapy proves to be a lovely distraction in the guise of two Swedish physiotherapists. Time in hospital coming to an end and the dreaded calliper.
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11min
June 04, 2018 Learning to walk again - Chapter 3 - Episode 46
Discovering that learning to walk again is very difficult after three months in bed.
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9min
June 03, 2018 Home at last & Back to School - Chapter 3 - Episode 47 to 48
Home after three months in hospital and not feeling as happy as I thought I would. Back to school at last to resume ballet life.
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8min
June 02, 2018 Ballyhoo & Anorexia - Chapter 3 - Episodes 49 to 50
Best new dorm ever. Being treated like adults. visits by local boys via windows. Anorexia too close for comfort.
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10min

FAQs about Arms Out Like Wings:

How many episodes does Arms Out Like Wings have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.