The Cage: Dancing for Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine, 1949-1954
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1478246588 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Among the many honors accorded him have been, on two occasions, the Noor Al-Hussein Award in Jordan and twice, awards from the government of Venezuela. Barbara Bocher, today a great-grandmother, lives by the sea in Santa Barbara, California. . Still in her middle teens, she graced the stages of such major venues as the Royal
Her autobiography, The Cage, will be compelling reading for all those intrigued by embattled innocence, passion and psychosis.. Surviving a near brush with death, she appeared on such stages as the Paris Opera and La Scala. At 14 years old, the youngest dancer in the New York City Ballet, Barbara Bocher has, after six decades, at last revealed her electrifying story of persecution, today called child abuse
"Interesting history badly told" according to Kindle Customer. I loved hearing about the early days of NYCB. I especially loved finding my former teacher's name mentioned throughout (Yvonne Mounsey). But, the whole story is told with such bitterness that it taints the whole experience. She has moments of adult perspective, but she is stuck in adolescence.. jill a kelley said One error after another!. I was with the NYCB for "One error after another!" according to jill a kelley. I was with the NYCB for 20 years, being the youngest to join the company at 12 years. I did my first performance with the company on my 1One error after another! I was with the NYCB for 20 years, being the youngest to join the company at 12 years. I did my first performance with the company on my 13th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. 0 years, being the youngest to join the company at 1"One error after another!" according to jill a kelley. I was with the NYCB for 20 years, being the youngest to join the company at 12 years. I did my first performance with the company on my 1One error after another! I was with the NYCB for 20 years, being the youngest to join the company at 12 years. I did my first performance with the company on my 13th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. years. I did my first performance with the company on my 1One error after another! I was with the NYCB for 20 years, being the youngest to join the company at 12 years. I did my first performance with the company on my 13th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. th birthday. I wonder if anyone proof read this book? So many errors and untruths. For instance, obvious things like the Orient Express runs from Paris to Istanbul, not from Barcelona to Paris as stated in the book. We flew from Barcelona to Paris on a Spanish Airline. Ridiculous stories like locked in a rest. Irritated with Sony said Terrible Book. As a long-time reader of books about dance history and dance memoirs, this one takes the cake, and NOT in a good way. Certainly, no one has ever suggested that Jerome Robbins was a warm-and-fuzzy nice guy, but to completely dismiss his work as a director and choreographer is ludicrous. The author is so obsessed with her long-ago teenage resentment of Robbins that she makes statements to the effect that his choreographic work was plagiarized or
Among the many honors accorded him have been, on two occasions, the Noor Al-Hussein Award in Jordan and twice, awards from the government of Venezuela. Still in her middle teens, she graced the stages of such major venues as the Royal Opera House in London, the Paris Opera House, La Scala Opera House, Milan and the Trieste Opera House where she was partnered by premier danseur Andre Eglevsky. As a choreographer, his most acclaimed work was The Anne Frank Ballet, the Italian Television and British productions now seen on YouTube. From the Himalayas in Nepal to Sugar Loaf Mountain in Brazil and from Surabaya in Java to the island of Madagascar, he continues to influence the generations with his own approach to physical theater and expressive mime. About the Author Barbara Bocher, born in Oklahoma in 1935, joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 at the age of 14. Barbara Bocher, today a great-grandmother,