Dancers autobiographies

[Pointytoes22]

I read Darcey Bussells autobiography over summer and loved it and so am keen to read more.

Has anyone read/heard of other autobiographies by ballet dancers which might be good for me to read?

[Jan McNulty]

Have you read Li Cun Xin's Mao's Last Dancer? It is an inspirational read. I also very much enjoyed Margot Fonteyn's and Suzanne Farrell's plus Romola Nijinsky's biography of her husband Vaslav Nijinsky.

[Anjuli_Bai]

I would add the autobio's of:

 

Edward Villella

 

Valery Panov

 

Maya Plisetskaya

[Paul Arrowsmith]

Bronislava Nijinska Early Memories - wish that her later ones had made it into print.

 

Gelsey Kirkland Dancing on my Grave.

[jm365]

If you are interested in the history of ballet, Tamara Karsavina's autobiography 'Theatre Street' is fascinating.

[Anjuli_Bai]

...and of course the wonderful classic autobio:

 

"Dancing in Petersburg" by Imperial Prima Ballerina Mathilde Kschessinskaya.

[Paul Arrowsmith]

Lydia Sokolova Dancing for Diaghilev.

[Anjuli_Bai]

Sir Anton Dolin's biography of "The Sleeping Ballerina - Olga Spessivetsiva."

 

"Holding on to the Air" by Susanne Farrell

[alymer]

Don't think I would take Kchessinska's autobiography as entirely reliable though, entertaining as it is.

[Anjuli_Bai]

Don't think I would take Kchessinska's autobiography as entirely reliable though, entertaining as it is.

 

I would agree with that - but it can also be said about most autobiographies.

[tim b]

Just tripped over this topic and would like to add Lynn Seymour and Marguerite Porter