Leanne Benjamin [electronic resource] : Built For Ballet
Leanne Benjamin2021
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This autobiography by Leanne Benjamin with Sarah Crompton reveals the
extraordinary life and career of one of the world's most important ballet
dancers of the past 50 years.
Leanne was born and raised in the central Queensland town of Rockhampton in a
tightly knit hard-working Catholic family. At the age of 3 she attended her
first ballet class and at 16 she was accepted into the Royal Ballet School in
London and at 18 danced her first leading role on the Royal Opera House stage in
the school's performance of Giselle that catapulted her to a stellar career.
The book takes you behind the scenes to find a real understanding of the
pleasure and the pain, the demands and the intense commitment it requires to
become a ballet dancer.
It's a book for ballet-lovers which will explain from Benjamin's personal point
of view, how ballet has changed and is changing.
It's a book of history: she was first taught by the people who created ballet in
its modern form and now she works with...
Main title:
Leanne Benjamin [electronic resource] : Built For Ballet / Leanne Benjamin
Author:
Leanne Benjamin, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Melbourne Books, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781925556735
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
438565
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |