On Stage at the Ballet: My Life as Dancer and Artistic Director

by Robert Barnett and Cynthia Crain

 Dancer Robert Barnett trained under legendary choreographer Bronislava Nijinska. His professional ballet career was launched when he joined the Colonel de Basil Original Ballet Russe company. In the late 1940s, when George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet, Barnett was among the first generation of dancers. Under Balanchine's direction, he rose from corps de ballet to soloist.

In 1958 he became principal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147667910X
• ISBN13: 9781476679105
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher