Dancing on Air [short fiction]

Dancing on Air was nominated in the novella category for the Hugo and Nebula awards. Kress generally excels at novella length stories but I found myself somewhat disappointed with this one. The subject the story is built on is bioenhancement, and here it applies to ballerinas and canines. The story starts from the viewpoint of a Doberman who can speak and has been enhanced to about a 5 year old human level. He is assigned to protect a ballerina, who is clearly a snotty prima donna. The story bounces around and it just didn't appeal to me despite a promising start. 2 1/2 - 3 stars