Many top ballerinas want to keep their techniques a secret, but Kent is always willing to help others.
After leaving the Opéra, which refused to offer him a salary commensurate with the earnings of top ballerinas, he was engaged in London in 1835, and in 1836 he moved to Naples, where his path crossed that of the young dancer Carlotta Grisi.
The 32-year-old dancer may be one of the top ballerinas on the planet, but she's never publicly sung in her life.
Getting to dance those top dramatic ballerina roles would place Boylston among the world's elite dancers and she seems determined to earn it.
Sadly, when she was at the top, younger ballerinas had nowhere to go for so many years.
As of now, that combination of talent, tenacity and truthfulness makes Isabella Boylston look like a lock to join the ranks of American Ballet Theatre's top principal ballerinas.
Between the ballerina top knots and the wooden geisha shoes, a cascade of frills ran down the body, mostly in sweet Japanese girly colors like pink, white and ice blue.
Top image: Pink ballerina fungus (credit: Ray Woods / Plantlife).
