Behind the Red Velvet Curtain : An American Ballerina in Russia
by
Joy Womack
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1538199378
ISBN-13
9781538199374
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 18th, 2025
Print length
274 Pages
Weight
644 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
BalletBiography: arts & entertainmentMemoirs
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Part travel adventure, part ballet drama, part coming-of-age memoir, this book an unflinching, complex, and compassionate true tale of adversity, ambition, and discovery. The narrative is drawn from more than a decade of reporting, interviews, and research by an award-winning journalist.
In 2012 Joy Womack made history when she became the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia.
Dancing in Moscow was not the Onion Dome fairy tale shed hoped for. The Bolshoi and its school were filled with cutthroat competition, acts of violence, and coaches who encouraged obsessive devotion. They sent her on stage with broken bones, helped her forge immigration paperwork, and encouraged her to toe a dangerous political line - all for the privilege of dancing on one of the world''s most storied stages.
As Joys career took off and she made a name for herself in the Russian ballet world, she had to face a hard choice. Were the growing dangers of a professional lifestyle descending into corruption worth the realization of her life''s dream?
Dancing in Moscow was not the Onion Dome fairy tale shed hoped for. The Bolshoi and its school were filled with cutthroat competition, acts of violence, and coaches who encouraged obsessive devotion. They sent her on stage with broken bones, helped her forge immigration paperwork, and encouraged her to toe a dangerous political line - all for the privilege of dancing on one of the world''s most storied stages.
As Joys career took off and she made a name for herself in the Russian ballet world, she had to face a hard choice. Were the growing dangers of a professional lifestyle descending into corruption worth the realization of her life''s dream?
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