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03122aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 87FBD3EC6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180830t20192019flua b 001 0deng d 010 $a 2018953483 020 $a 081305625X 020 $a 9780813056258 035 $a (OCoLC)1050132294 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d NJM $d SFR $d OCLCF $d UOK $d SILO 050 4 $a GV1785 B32 S55 2019 100 1 $a Sills, Bettijane, $e author. 245 10 $a Broadway, Balanchine, and beyond : $b a memoir / $c Bettijane Sills with Elizabeth McPherson ; foreword by Carol K. Walker. 264 1 $a Gainesville : $b University Press of Florida, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 178 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In this memoir of a roller-coaster career on the New York stage, former actor and dancer Bettijane Sills offers a highly personal look at the art and practice of George Balanchine, one of ballet's greatest choreographers, and the inner workings of his world-renowned company during its golden years. Sills recounts her years as a child actor in television and on Broadway, a career choice largely driven by her mother, and describes her transition into pursuing her true passion: dance. She was a student in Balanchine's School of American Ballet throughout her childhood and teen years, until her dream was achieved. She was invited to join New York City Ballet in 1961 as a member of the corps de ballet and worked her way up to the level of soloist. Winningly honest and intimate, Sills lets readers peek behind the curtains to see a world that most people have never experienced firsthand. She tells stories of taking classes with Balanchine, dancing in the original casts of some of his most iconic productions, working with a number of the company's most famous dancers, and participating in the company's first Soviet Union tour during the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis. She walks us through her years in New York City Ballet first as a member of the corps de ballet, then a soloist dancing some principal roles, finally as one of the "older" dancers teaching her roles to newcomers while being encouraged to retire. She reveals the unglamorous parts of tour life, jealousy among company members, and Balanchine's complex relationships with women. She talks about Balanchine's insistence on thinness in his dancers and her own struggles with dieting. Her fluctuations in weight influenced her roles and Balanchine's support for her--a cycle that contributed to the end of her dancing career."--Back cover. 600 10 $a Sills, Bettijane. 600 10 $a Balanchine, George. 600 17 $a Balanchine, George. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00005551 650 0 $a Ballet dancers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ballerinas $z United States $v Biography. 700 1 $a McPherson, Elizabeth, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217032027.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702020408.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=87FBD3EC6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search