Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic - Hardcover

Villella, Edward; Kaplan, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671723707 ISBN 13: 9780671723705

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1992

Synopsis

In an inside look at the world of ballet by one of America's greatest ballet dancers, Edward Villella reflects on his tempestuous dancing career and his relationship with master choreographer George Balanchine

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Review:

"Villella appears as his immensely talented, intelligent, self-absorbed, and opinionated self: a clear-eyed account of a most remarkable career in a remarkable time."
" Kirkus Reviews""

A welcome addition to Balanchine chronicles. Frank, fair, earthy, direct . . . A true prodigal, Villella emerges triumphant from Balanchine s unique academy of hard knocks.
--Publishers Weekly"

"A welcome addition to Balanchine chronicles. Frank, fair, earthy, direct . . . A true prodigal, Villella emerges triumphant from Balanchine's unique academy of hard knocks."
--Publishers Weekly

"Villella appears as his immensely talented, intelligent, self-absorbed, and opinionated self: a clear-eyed account of a most remarkable career in a remarkable time."
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Edward Villella is America's most celebrated male dancer, associated with many of the greatest roles in the New York City Ballet repertory. Larry Kaplan is a frequent contributor to Ballet Review and has written in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0671723707
• ISBN 13: 9780671723705
• Binding: Hardcover