Greta Gleissner, a longtime professional dancer, dreamed her whole life of becoming a Rockette. Then she became oneand she fell into the grips of a powerful eating disorder that began poison her life from the inside out.
Something Spectacular is Gleissner s raw, personal chronicle of the devastating effects bulimia exacts upon her life during her time as a Rockette. As her disorder takes over, she begins to lead a dual life: happy-go-lucky on the outside; tortured by obsessive, self-destructive voices on the inside. Immersed in an environment in which even talent is secondary to...