Alla Osipenko : beauty and resistance in Soviet ballet / Joel Lobenthal.

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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 gr...

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Main Author: Lobenthal, Joel (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Osipenko, Alla.
Ballet dancers > Russia (Federation) > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Osipenko, Alla Evgenʹevna.
Ballet dancers.
Russia (Federation)
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:GV1785.O64 L63 2016
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
ISBN:9780190253707
0190253703