The boy from Kyiv : Alexei Ratmansky's life in ballet /
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Author / Creator: | Harss, Marina, author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. ©2023 |
Description: | viii, 482 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13351713 |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Part I. Beginnings
- 1. Kyiv and St. Petersburg
- 2. Ballet School in Moscow
- 3. A World of Art
- 4. Company Life
- 5. Tatiana
- Part II. The World Beyond
- 6. Canada
- 7. Lucky Charms
- 8. Bournonvilliana
- 9. Picking Up Momentum: Middle Duet, Jurandot's Dream, and Leah
- 10. Soviet Cinderella
- Part III. Bolshoi
- 11. The Bright Stream
- 12. Bolshoi
- 13. Highs and Lows: The Bolt and New York City
- 14. A Russian Season
- 15. The Long Goodbye
- 16. Not So Fast!
- Part IV. New York
- 17. Dnieper on the Hudson
- 18. Namouna and Nutcracker
- 19. Here, There, and Everywhere: Lost Illusions and Psyché
- 20. A Very Russian Year: Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, Symphonic Dances, Firebird, The Golden Cockerel, and Shostakovich Trilogy
- 21. Hits and Misses: The Tempest, Tanzsuite, and Pictures at an Exhibition
- Part V. Rediscovering Petipa
- 22. Onward to Petipa
- 23. Simple and Wise: The Sleeping Beauty
- 24. Dancing About Philosophy: Serenade After Plato's Symposium
- 25. From Whipped Cream to the Frying Pan
- 26. Ukrainian Melody: Songs of Bukovina
- 27. An Anniversary
- 28. Crescendo: Giselle, Voices, and Of Love and Rage
- Epilogue: New Beginnings
- Chronology of Works by Alexei Ratmansky
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index