Shade Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 It must have been a labour of love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm365 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 could you please give the actual title of the book - I am always interested in new items about Diaghilev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 jm365 it is called "Diagilev A Life" by Sjeng Scheijen. It was published in 2009 by Profile Books, so is not new. However, the copy I have is a pristine hardback and cost me £3.00 in Oxfam books - I consider it a bargain. Reviews on Amazon are mixed, I am yet to get very far into the approximately 440 pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm365 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thanks, Shade. I will look out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 On 30/04/2015 at 20:29, Odyssey said: Another really interesting and uplifting book for young people is Hope in A Ballet Shoe the true story of Michaela DePrince who grew up in Sierra Leone under some horrendous circumstances, then adopted and brought to the USA. She's currently dancing as a first soloist with Dutch National Ballet. Just spotted: Michaela's story is to be made into a film: http://www.dancemagazine.com/michaela-deprince-movie-madonna-2547063070.html I'm guessing "Taking Flight" must be the book I know as "Hope in a Ballet Shoe"? I don't imagine she's written two books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Yes I think it had a different name when published in the States. She has penned another book for very young children which is cowritten with her Mum, based on her own life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 On 2017/12/13 at 00:35, Shade said: jm365 it is called "Diagilev A Life" by Sjeng Scheijen. It was published in 2009 by Profile Books, so is not new. However, the copy I have is a pristine hardback and cost me £3.00 in Oxfam books - I consider it a bargain. Reviews on Amazon are mixed, I am yet to get very far into the approximately 440 pages. Sjeng Scheijen is in fact a Dutch author (who is a specialist in Russian literature) so I think the original language of this book is Dutch. I have read both the English translation and the Japanese one and this book is fabulous IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Thank you Naomi M for that interesting information about the author of the Diaghilev. I am still reading this book and find the English really flows well. I am now also reading a book about the Bolshoi, Bolshoi Confidential by Simon Morrison. Interesting section about Swan Lake and its development. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 How about two similar accounts of the journey from great poverty to stardom: Carlos Acosta's No Way Home a nd Li Cunxin's Mao's Last Dancer. And David Hallberg's recent A Body of Work. BTW, has anyone heard how he is going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 jmb: Re Hallberg - you could try the Sydney Morning Herald interview in last Sunday's Links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thanks: will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Ian Macmillan said: jmb: Re Hallberg - you could try the Sydney Morning Herald interview in last Sunday's Links. I read the article it doesn't mention how he is re his recent injury. It's an article about his past, his parents, first boyfriend, etc. It does mention a performance planned in August.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I was also disapointed that the article said nothing about his recent injury. I understand he was scheculed to dance with RB at the end of March. Anyone know if that happened? Whatever, I've bought a ticket for Melbourne, 31st August, and bask in the knowledge that I'm helping keep Qantas solvent. This ballet lark is going to bankrupt me 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Just seen on another thread that Hallberg is still out. Seldom read casting threads as I won't see any of them. Here's hoping for August, and perhaps the wizardry of the Australian Ballet's physio team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I was reminded of the weird and wonderful places ballet and dance books sometimes crop up last weekend, when I went into my local Poundland and found several in their books section 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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