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Named Person: | Alla Evgenʹevna Osipenko; Alla Evgenʹevna Osipenko; Alla E Osipenko |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joel Lobenthal |
ISBN: | 9780190253707 0190253703 |
OCLC Number: | 952063764 |
Description: | X, 261 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 25 cm |
Contents: | A Storied Family -- 2. World at War -- 3. Coming of Age -- 4. Vaganova -- 5. First Love -- 6. Sidelined -- 7. Finding Herself -- 8. Seeing the West -- 9. Creation -- 10. Her Way -- 11. New Roles -- 12. Nureyev Defects -- 13. Repercussions in London -- 14. Left Behind -- 15. Swept Off Her Feet -- 16. The Gates Close... -- 17... And Open Slightly -- 18. Staying in the Game -- 19. Her Fate -- 20. Cleopatra -- 21. Return to London -- 22. Resigning -- 23. Ruptured Achilles -- 24. Roaming -- 25. Boris Eifman -- 26. Letting Go -- 27. Maternal Duty -- 28. Perestroika -- 29. America at Last -- 30. Artistic Credo -- 31. Home Again -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Joel Lobenthal. |
Abstract:
Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet state. A cast of characters drawn from all sectors of Soviet and post-Perestroika society makes this biography as encyclopedic and encompassing as a great Russian novel.
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A must-read for ballet historians ... what a story [Lobenthal] tells, and what a valuable insight he gives us into the tragic life of a true star and a true artist. * Dance Europe * A fascinating account of the ballerina's life and a reminder that a dancer's career at that time in the Soviet Union could be underscored by fear, intimidation and cruelty. * Jonathan Gray, Dance Times * Read more...
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- Osipenko, Alla Evgenʹevna.
- Ballet dancers / Russia (Federation) / Biography.
- BIOGRAPHY et AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment et Performing Arts.
- PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical et Ballet.
- HISTORY / Europe / Russia et the Former Soviet Union.
- Ballet dancers.
- Russia (Federation)
- Osipenko, Alla E., -- 1932-.