Alla Osipenko Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet |
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Author:
| Lobenthal, Joel |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-025370-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $60.86AUD $94.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.