Behind the red velvet curtain an American ballerina in Russia

"This book an unflinching, complex, and compassionate true tale of the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia. The narrative is drawn from more than a decade of reporting, interviews, and research by an award-winning journalist"--

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Main Authors: Womack, Joy, 1994- (Author), Shockman, Elizabeth, 1985- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2025]
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505 0 |a Womacks Win -- Flying -- Away -- Ballet factory -- "Prove it to me" -- Vertigo -- Cathedral of dance -- Dream -- Return -- The markings of a ballerina -- Protégé -- The historic stage -- Soup -- Department of public services -- Secret wedding -- Behind the red velvet curtain -- Nutcracker -- Acid attack -- Dead end -- Trial -- Salt water -- Diplomacy -- Santa Barbara -- A new Russia -- Murder on a Moscow bridge -- Stage fright -- Art and politics -- Waiting -- Home -- Culture shock -- Ranching -- Goodbye -- Astrakhan -- American wedding -- Flee. 
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