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Worlds Apart: The Autobiography of a Dancer from Brooklyn
In this story of his first sixteen years, Robert Maiorano tells how a small boy who once wanted to be a Brooklyn Dodger became a world-renowned dancer. He describes the years of hard work, the arduous training, the frustrations, triumphs, and disappointments before he was accepted into the New York City Ballet. He details the fast-paced life of his tour with the company in
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Paperback
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174 pages
Published
November 1st 2011
by Aperture Press
(first published 1980)
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Growing up in Bed Sty, a rough Brooklyn neighbourhood, Bobby's mother, Hope, scrimps and saves so her two children can have music and dance lessons. From these humble beginnings a great dancer is born, but there was a lot of hard work along the way. I love the way Mr. Maiorano describes his life, the lessons and remembrances of the great George Balanchine . I can almost smell the sweat and feel the excitement in the studio as he brings those vivid days alive.
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