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With a ballet career spanning well over eight decades, legendary dancer Frederic Franklin was one of the twentieth century's great ballet stars. This biography, rich with original interviews, covers his entire career from young dance student in the early 1920s to his most recent position as choreographer with Britain's Royal Ballet in November 2004. Each chapter covers a different period of Franklin's life, including the peak of his performing career as a principal dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, his legendary professional partnership with Alexandra Danilova, and his role in introducing ballet to millions of Americans during World War II.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Finding Ballet in a Roundabout Way
2. "Three Times a Star": The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
3. A Roper, a Pimp and a Poet: Agnes, Ruth and Mr. B.
4. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: The Twilight Years
5. A Company in the Capital: The National Ballet
6. Franklin and the Rise of Regional Ballet
7. Back to the Big Apple: Dance Theatre of Harlem and American Ballet Theatre
8. Still Going Strong as the Years Pass Along
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
