Michaela DePrince memoir

 

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela and Elaine DePrince will be available as of October 14 through the usual outlets. Hardback and Kindle editions available. 

DePrince, a war orphan in Sierra Leone, was adopted by an American couple and came to public notice as one of the dancers in First Position, the documentary film about the Youth America Grand Prix. After a year with Dance Theatre of Harlem, she joined Dutch National Ballet's junior company.

I find the Dutch version cover much more elegant than the English version. The title in Dutch translates as "They called me devil child" (!!)

In German, meanwhile, it's "I came with the desert wind: How my dream of being a ballerina came true"
 

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Ballet trip: Birmingham and Amsterdam February 2015

 
Friday 20 February – Monday 2 March 2015

Birmingham & Amsterdam 

5 performances

Birmingham Royal Ballet:

Coppelia

Serenade (Balanchine), Lyric Pieces (Lang), In the Upper Room (Tharp)

Dutch National Ballet:

Jewels (Balanchine)

Swan Lake (van Dantzig)

Dutch National Ballet Junior Company:

Swan Lake pas de six and pas de deux (van Dantzig), Le Corsaire pas de trois, van Manen TBA, Coppelia pas de deux (Brandsen), new Binet, new Juanjo Arques

BALLET BUCKET LIST*:

♥ Birmingham Royal Ballet's eye-candy production of Coppélia
♥ Serenade 
♥ Jewels

* Your checklist for ballets, companies, performers, experiences that every ballet lover should enjoy at least once in their life.

If you are even tentatively interested in this trip, it is very important that you email me to let me know. This does not commit you to anything. Once I am sure there is enough interest to justify planning the trip, I will produce a brochure with a firm cost and you will have priority booking.

van Dantzig's Swan Lake
http://youtu.be/0P_RllDXL6o


Dutch National Ballet Junior Company
http://youtu.be/dl1kk4Hg8B0

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