The dancers profiled in First Position represent the pinnacle of
their art over the last century. Author Toba Singer polled
literally hundreds of dance critics, dance teachers and professors,
and active and retired professional dancers to create a list that
represents the best of the various styles of ballet from the last
hundred years. The result is a collective biography that introduces
the reader to both dancers with household names and those known
mostly to ballet aficionados. Profiled dancers include Carlos
Acosta, Alicia Alonso, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Erik Bruhn, Lazaro
Carreno, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci, Gelsey Kirkland, Li Cunxin,
Muriel Maffre, Natalia Makarova, Arthur Mitchell, Rudolf Nureyev,
Anna Pavlova, and Maya Plisetskaya. An introductory chapter
addresses the audience for this work: ballet fans, professional
dancers, aspiring dance students, and those new to ballet. It also
touches on the contributions of dancers who, owing to limits of
time and space, are not among the selected, but whose influence has
nonetheless been lasting. Each of the fifteen chapters begins with
a biographical portrait and includes discussions of the dancer's
style and artistic background; associations with noted
choreographers, composers, artistic directors, and dance partners;
relationship with the audience; and critical reception. The author
has utilized published and unpublished interviews and source
material from dance archives in San Francisco, New York, Havana,
and European cities that have served as centers of the ballet world
over the last century. Each chapter features photographs and
concludes with a list of works performed.
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