Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
Contents:
A Storied Family -- 2. World at War -- 3. Coming of Age -- 4. Vaganova -- 5. First Love -- 6. Sidelined -- 7. Finding Herself -- 8. Seeing the West -- 9. Creation -- 10. Her Way -- 11. New Roles -- 12. Nureyev Defects -- 13. Repercussions in London -- 14. Left Behind -- 15. Swept Off Her Feet -- 16. The Gates Close... -- 17... And Open Slightly -- 18. Staying in the Game -- 19. Her Fate -- 20. Cleopatra -- 21. Return to London -- 22. Resigning -- 23. Ruptured Achilles -- 24. Roaming -- 25. Boris Eifman -- 26. Letting Go -- 27. Maternal Duty -- 28. Perestroika -- 29. America at Last -- 30. Artistic Credo -- 31. Home Again -- Index.
Summary:
"Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet state. A cast of characters drawn from all sectors of Soviet and post-Perestroika society makes this biography as encyclopedic and encompassing as a great Russian novel"-- Provided by publisher.
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