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viii, 782 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
A comprehensive biography of twentieth-century Russian ballet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, that chronicles his childhood, defection to the West in 1961, and success on the stage.
A vagabond soul -- Hollywood story -- Xenia and menia -- Blood brothers -- Six steps exactly -- Making luck -- Jazz, London -- A celestial accident -- The beatnik and the prince -- The horse whisperer -- Sacred v. profane, East v. West -- Wild thing -- Time to crash the gates -- Camera front, camera side -- New boy in town -- This thing of darkness -- Pygmalion diaghilev -- Dancing with the devil -- A circular circle. Complete -- A fatality to live.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-745) and index.