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Grier Cooper

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Grier began ballet lessons at age five and left home at fourteen to study at the School of American Ballet in New York. She has performed on three out of seven continents with companies such as San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet, totaling more than thirty years of experience as a dancer, teacher and performer.

Her work has been praised as “poignant and honest” with “emotional hooks that penetrate deeply.” She writes and blogs about dance in the San Francisco Bay Area and has interviewed and photographed a diverse collection dancers and performers including Clive Owen, Nicole Kidman, Glen Allen Sims and Jessica Sutta. She is the author of Build a Ballerina Body and The Daily Book of Photography. Grier’s work ...more

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this gave me hope

Many years ago, during my travels in Bali, I was invited to meet a Brahman priest. When our group arrived at his home, we were told to wait until he was ready to receive us. His assistant explained that this priest spent several hours each morning praying for peace, cultivating peace for the world.

As I watched his solitary figure seated on a podium in the distance I felt great comfort knowing tha

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	When I Was Seven by Mary Ellen Bramwell (Goodreads Author), Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.58 avg rating — 451 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wish (Indigo Dreams #1) 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Everything You Wanted to Know About Ballet But Were Afraid to Ask 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Build a Ballerina Body: The How-to Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Wonderdads Marin: The Best Dad & Child Activities in Marin by Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author), Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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