Rudolf Nureyev: The Life - Brossura

Kavanagh, Julie

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ISBN 10: 0241986907 ISBN 13: 9780241986905

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2019

Riassunto

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'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph

Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage.

Nureyev's achievements and conquests became legendary: he rose out of Tatar peasant poverty to become the Kirov's thrilling maverick star; slept with his beloved mentor's wife; defected to the West in 1961; sparked Rudimania across the globe; established the most rhapsodic partnership in dance history with the middle-aged Margot Fonteyn; reinvented male technique; gatecrashed modern dance; moulded new stars; and staged Russia's unknown ballet masterpieces in the West. He and his life were simply astonishing.

'Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man' Mail on Sunday

'The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster' Observer

'Undoubtedly the definitive biography' Sunday Telegraph

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Recensione:

Magnificent, compulsively readable (Guardian)

A gripping account of an extraordinary life (Daily Telegraph)

Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man (Mail on Sunday)

Undoubtedly the definitive biography. Rudolf Nureyev, superstar, emerges in all his terribly flawed glory (Sunday Telegraph)

The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster (Observer)

Julie Kavanagh writes with flair and abundance (The Sunday Times)

L'autore:

Julie Kavanagh trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School, and is the author of Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton. She has worked as ballet critic of The Spectator; Arts Editor of Harpers & Queen; and London Editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She is married to the ex-Royal Ballet dancer, now dance film maker, Ross MacGibbon, and has two sons.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0241986907
• ISBN 13: 9780241986905
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 800