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David Hallberg, the first American to become listed on the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a main dancer and the dazzling artist the New York Times described as "the foremost traditional stylist in our day", presents a romantic journey through his imaginative life up to as soon as he returns to the stage after a damaging accident almost cost him his profession. Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot years as a child - an all-American story marred by strong bullying - and culminating in his hard-won comeback, Hallberg's brave memoir dives deep into life as an artist as he wrestles with ego, pushes the restrictions of his body, and searches for ecstatic efficiency and fulfillment as one of the world's most acclaimed ballet dancers. While rich in detail ballet admirers will love, this is a publication that anyone thinking about a life of creativity will like. Hallberg shows on themes or templates like ideas, self-doubt, and perfectionism as he calls for listeners into daily course, demanding rehearsals, and triumphant shows, looking for new interpretations of ballet's biggest roles. He shows the loneliness he sensed as an adolescent leaving America to become listed on the Paris Opera Ballet, the ambition he had to tame as a fresh member of American Ballet Theater, and the reason why behind his headline-grabbing decision to be the first American to become listed on the top list of Bolshoi Ballet, tendered by the imaginative director who would later be the victim of a vicious acid invasion. Then, as Hallberg performed throughout the world at the peak of his talents, he endured a crippling ankle accident and unsuccessful surgery leading to an agonizing retreat from ballet and an honest reexamination of his life time. Combining his powers of observation and ram with emotional honesty and artistic information, Hallberg has written a great ballet memoir and a romantic portrait of your artist in all his vulnerability, interest, and wisdom.
