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Behind the red velvet curtain : an American ballerina in Russia

Behind the red velvet curtain : an American ballerina in Russia

Womack, Joy, 1994- author.
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"This book an unflinching, complex, and compassionate true tale of the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia. The narrative is drawn from more than a decade of reporting, interviews, and research by an award-winning journalist"-- Provided by publisher.

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Ballerinas Russia (Federation) Biography
Ballerinas United States Biography
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet History 21st century
Womack, Joy, 1994-
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ISBN:
9781538199374
Description:
vii, 295 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Womacks win
Flying
Away
Ballet factory
"Prove it to me"
Vertigo
Cathedral of dance
Dream
Return
The markings of a ballerina
Protégé
The historic stage
Soup
Department of Public Services
Secret wedding
Behind the red velvet curtain
Nutcracker
Acid attack
Dead end
Trial
Salt water
Diplomacy
Santa Barbara
A new Russia
Murder on a Moscow bridge
Stage fright
Art and politics
Waiting
Home
Culture shock
Ranching
Goodbye
Astrakhan
American wedding
Flee
LCCN:
2024042895
Control Number:
3408043
Other Authors:
Shockman, Elizabeth, 1985- author
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