A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back [Audiobook] download free by David Hallberg
- Listen audiobook: A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back
- Author: David Hallberg
- Release date: 2018/6/21
- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9781476771151
- Rating: 7.43 of 10
- Votes: 348
- Review by: Conrad Woody
- Review rating: 8.39 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/14
- Duration: 5H29M38S in 256 kbps (86.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-17
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AC3, MP3, AU, Shorten, MPEG4, WAV, FLAC, WMA (compression BZ2, ZIP, RAR, CAB)
- Total pages original book: 432
- Includes a PDF summary of 34 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 26M11S (6.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as 'the most exciting male dancer in the western world,' presents a look at his artistic life-up to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury that almost cost him his career.Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot childhood-an all-American story marred by intense bullying-and culminating in his hard-won comeback, Hallberg's 'moving and intelligent' (Daniel Mendelsohn) memoir dives deep into life as an artist as he wrestles with ego, pushes the limits of his body, and searches for ecstatic perfection and fulfillment as one of the world's most acclaimed ballet dancers.Rich in detail ballet fans will adore, Hallberg presents an 'unsparing...inside look' (The New York Times) and also reflects on universal and relatable themes like inspiration, self-doubt, and perfectionism as he takes readers into daily class, rigorous rehearsals, and triumphant performances, searching for new interpretations of ballet's greatest roles. He reveals the loneliness he felt as a teenager leaving America to join the Paris Opera Ballet School, the ambition he had to tame as a new member of American Ballet Theatre, and the reasons behind his headline-grabbing decision to be the first American to join the top rank of Bolshoi Ballet, tendered by the Artistic Director who would later be the victim of a vicious acid attack. Then, as Hallberg performed throughout the world at the peak of his abilities, he suffered a crippling ankle injury and botched surgery leading to an agonizing retreat from ballet and an honest reexamination of his entire life.Combining his powers of observation and memory with emotional honesty and artistic insight, Hallberg has written a great ballet memoir and an intimate portrait of an artist in all his vulnerability, passion, and wisdom. 'Candid and engrossing' (The Washington Post), A Body of Work is a memoir 'for everyone with a heart' (DC Metro Theater Arts).
- Other categories, genre or collection: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment, Biography: Arts & Entertainment, Dance, Ballet, Memoirs
- Download servers: Uploaded, Google Drive, BitShare, FreakShare, vBoxxCloud. Compressed in BZ2, ZIP, RAR, CAB
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 23.78 USD
- Dimensions: 152x229x30mm
- Weight: 608g
- Printed by: TOUCHSTONE
- Published in: New York, United States
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