Full Product Details
Author: David Hallberg ,
Vikas Adam
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781538491379
ISBN 10: 1538491370
Publication Date: 07 November 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
David demonstrates well the emotional as well as physical demands of dance. -- Twyla Tharp, Emmy Award-winning choreographer An inspiring story of Hallberg's rise to the pinnacle of his profession and his battle to reclaim his career. -- Kirkus Reviews [This] brisk, beautifully executed new memoir...documents his rise to the top of the ballet world and coping with a career-threatening injury...Provides an enthralling inside look at life in the studio-the physical pain, the hard-to-please partners, the struggle to transcend technique and achieve artistry...Readers of every taste will find much to relish in his inspiring book. -- BookPage Elegant...fascinating...inspiring..Anyone interested in the creative process will appreciate this thoughtful account of the life of an accomplished artist. -- Booklist What makes A Body of Work a must-read is the raw honesty with which Hallberg describes the intense lonliness of a jet-setting career, his oscillation between extreme perfectionism and uninspired listlessness, and his harrowing mindset as he faced, and ultimately overcame, what was nearly a career-ending injury. -- Dance Magazine Compelling...for anyone who would like to get to an intimate view of the creative process and the challenges, dedication, and euphoria of being an artist....It's a book for everyone with a heart. -- DC Metro Theater Arts Candid and engrossing...With a light touch, he leads the reader through his fanatical devotion to dance, how he came to be an adrenaline junkie hooked on performing...His book is peppered with disclosures, many of them painful: the bullies, his first love, his snotty classmates during a year of study in Paris-and that one intimidating ballerina. -- Washington Post
Author Information
David Hallberg is a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre in New York. He was the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow as a principal dancer. He continues to dance around the world and is a Resident Guest Artist with the Australian Ballet. He started the David Hallberg Scholarship, mentoring young boys aspiring to a career in ballet, and the Innovation Initiative, a platform for emerging choreographers, both at American Ballet Theatre. Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his over one hundred recorded audiobooks. An Audie Award nominee, he has garnered many awards for his narrations, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and various Best of the Year lists.
