canbelto Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hi everybody, On abebooks it seems as if Anton Dolin was quite the writer, with autobiographies, "final" autobiographies, more reminisces, and biographies of his friends and leading ladies Markova and Spessivtzeva. Has anyone read them? Opinions? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Dolin was a very facile writer, and wrote in a rather chatty, gossipy manner, which was the way he talked. Easy reads, even the "how-to" books like Pas de Deux. Link to comment
canbelto Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 Does the Spessivtseva book have any meaty info about her life? I've been fascinated with her ever since I saw her in Portrait of Giselle, where at times she seemed clouded over and confused, but then when talking about Kasarivna, you could see the lights open, and she said, "Most great dancer, great WOMAN." Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'd recommend them all. In many cases, they're the only accounting of what was happening to the subject of the book during the period of coverage. Some are better than others, but if you're out to collect by author, Dolin is a good one to start with. Link to comment
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