A body of work : dancing to the edge and back /

"David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New York Times described as "the foremost classical stylist of our day," presents an intimate journey through his artistic life up to the moment he returns to the sta...

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Tác giả chính: Hallberg, David (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Sách
Được phát hành: New York : Touchstone, 2017.
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