Book by Villella Edward
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"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
In this autobiography, American ballet dancer Edward Villella speaks frankly about the cost associated with his success - and the glory. He shows what it was like for a kid from Queens to find himself, with little preparation, a prodigy of George Balanchine's School of American Ballet. Balanchine was mentor to Edward Villella for more than 30 years. Demanding, brilliant, aloof and manipulative, Balanchine reserved his approval and affection for female dancers who served as his mistresses and muses. Villella shares the joy and frustration of working with one of the century's true artistic geniuses who expected greatness with little guidance. He takes the reader inside the often tense backstage life at the New York City Ballet where Balanchine ruled, favouring the women who inspired him, subjecting others to the dictates of his obsessive desire for control. In addition to the insight on Balanchine, Villella offers portraits of Lincoln Kirstein, Igor Stravinsky, Jerome Robbins, Stanley Williams, Patricia McBride, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, Violette Verdy, and Jaques D'Amboise. He also describes his role as artistic director of Miami City Ballet, a role that he envisions as ""an oppurtunity to pass on Balanchine's legacy, not only the ballets themselves, but the elements necessary for performing them, the approach to technique, to phrasing and to music,"" and he considers what must be done to preserve this important body of work - and the endangered art of ballet itself.
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 1. A leading advocate for the arts in America and recent recipient of the 1997 National Medal of the Arts, the 1997 Kennedy Center Honors, and the George Abbott Carbonell Award for Achievement, Edward Villella was recently inducted into the State of Florida Artist Hall of Fame. Villella also received the Frances Holleman Breathitt Award for Excellence for his contributions to the arts and to education, the thirty-eighth annual Capezio Dance Award, and Award for Lifetime Achievement, becoming only the fourth dance personality to receive National Endowment for the Arts advisory artistic director of the Miami City Ballet, which has won worldwide acclaim under his direction. Nº de ref. del artículo: SONG0822956667
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Librería: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Inscribed by author. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized. Nº de ref. del artículo: mon0000196328
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Librería: BookHolders, Towson, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Signed by Edward Villella with a note addressed to a previous owner of the book. Crease in corner of front cover. Good condition. 2nd printing. Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Pub Date: 4/2/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 352 Reprint edition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6716409
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Condición: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.05. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-0822956667-gdd
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