| Worlds Apart: The Autobiography of a Dancer from Brooklyn Contributor(s): Maiorano, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0983687803 ISBN-13: 9780983687801 Publisher: Aperture Press OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Performing Arts | Dance - Classical & Ballet |
| Dewey: 792.809 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this story of his first sixteen years, Robert -Maiorano tells how a small boy from the slums of -Brooklyn became a world-renowned dancer. He -describes the years of hard work, the arduous training, the -frustrations, triumphs, and disappointments before he was accepted into the New York City Ballet. He details the fast-paced life of his tour with the company in -Russia, where as a sixteen-year-old he danced for Khrushchev on the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Robert's story is one of many contrasts-of hope and despair, of love and sorrow, and of the two worlds in which he moved: the -gang-ridden Brooklyn of the fifties and the brilliant, -demanding, exciting world of the ballet. |