"Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet state. A cast of characters drawn from all sectors of Soviet and post-Perestroika society makes this biography as encyclopedic and encompassing as a great Russian novel"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
Contents
1. A Storied Family -- 2. World at War -- 3. Coming of Age -- 4. Vaganova -- 5. First Love -- 6. Sidelined -- 7. Finding Herself -- 8. Seeing the West -- 9. Creation -- 10. Her Way -- 11. New Roles -- 12. Nureyev Defects -- 13. Repercussions in London -- 14. Left Behind -- 15. Swept Off Her Feet -- 16. The Gates Close... -- 17... And Open Slightly -- 18. Staying in the Game -- 19. Her Fate -- 20. Cleopatra -- 21. Return to London -- 22. Resigning -- 23. A New Beginning -- 24. Baryshnikov -- 25. Rupture -- 26. Roaming -- 27. Boris Eifman -- 28. Letting Go -- 29. Maternal Duty -- 30. Perestroika -- 31. America at Last -- 32. Artistic Credo -- 33. Home Again -- Index.
