Dancing on My Grave
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"Dancing on My Grave" is a candid memoir by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland that chronicles her rise to stardom and the personal and professional struggles she faced in the world of classical ballet.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dancing on My Grave canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8569868 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dancing on My Grave Context triple: [Gelsey Kirkland, notableWork, Dancing on My Grave]
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Death of Me
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Bury Me
"Bury Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
"They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" is a 2018 documentary film that chronicles Orson Welles's tumultuous, unfinished final project "The Other Side of the Wind" and his late-career struggles in Hollywood.
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"When I'm Gone" is a post-grunge rock song by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about love, absence, and devotion.
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When I'm Gone
"When I'm Gone" is a reflective folk song by American singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that contemplates mortality and the urgency of acting for justice and love while still alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dancing on My Grave Target entity description: "Dancing on My Grave" is a candid memoir by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland that chronicles her rise to stardom and the personal and professional struggles she faced in the world of classical ballet.
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A.
Death of Me
"Death of Me" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album "Halfway to Sanity."
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B.
Bury Me
"Bury Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
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C.
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
"They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" is a 2018 documentary film that chronicles Orson Welles's tumultuous, unfinished final project "The Other Side of the Wind" and his late-career struggles in Hollywood.
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D.
When I'm Gone
"When I'm Gone" is a post-grunge rock song by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about love, absence, and devotion.
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E.
When I'm Gone
"When I'm Gone" is a reflective folk song by American singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that contemplates mortality and the urgency of acting for justice and love while still alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Gelsey Kirkland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronicles |
personal struggles of Gelsey Kirkland
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professional struggles of Gelsey Kirkland ⓘ rise to stardom of Gelsey Kirkland ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Greg Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
career at American Ballet Theatre
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life of a prima ballerina ⓘ relationship with choreographers and directors ⓘ training at New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| explores |
costs of artistic excellence
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impact of fame on personal life ⓘ power dynamics in ballet companies ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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dance literature ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Shape of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
New York City
NERFINISHED
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ballet studios ⓘ performance stages ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of the ballet world ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Gelsey Kirkland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candid portrayal of the ballet world
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controversial depiction of major ballet figures ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| subject |
American Ballet Theatre
NERFINISHED
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New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ addiction ⓘ artistic pressure ⓘ ballet ⓘ classical ballet ⓘ drug abuse ⓘ eating disorders ⓘ mental health ⓘ perfectionism ⓘ professional rivalry ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in ballet
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readers of performing arts memoirs ⓘ |
| tone |
candid
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confessional ⓘ |
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Instruction
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