Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet
"Ballet is about as transparent as the federal government, which means that a very small percentage of its backstage business makes it into the public eye. Author Stephen Manes is about to change all of that..." --Jane Vranish,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"For those who secretly wish for carte blanche access to shadow and observe all of the inner and outer workings of a major ballet company, then Stephen Manes' new volume is for you... a unique contribution to the dance world...not to be missed..." --Dean Speer,Ballet-Dance Magazine"I cannot say enough great things about this book. Its exciting in-depth coverage of 'life on the inside' is exactly what musty-dusty dance library shelves have been craving for years!...This beefy book--with all its juicy gossip and first-hand dancer accounts--boldly goes where no balletomane has gone before!" --Vala Dancewear blog"Snowflakeslets us in on aspects of the art form few audience members even know of...A colossal undertaking, unbelievably thorough and thought-provoking..." --Laura Cappelle,Bella Figura"The must-have dancer gift (or self-gift!) this year...everything a non-fiction ballet book should be." --Juliette Clark,BalletScoop"Snowflakesreveals all...There is no other book that covers the same territory...I do recommend it for anyone with a passion about dance, the way it really is on the other side of the curtain." --Valerie Lawson,Dancelines"An engrossing read...unparalleled...lively prose and an almost indecent amount of information about how the cogs in a ballet company all turn...I found it hard to tear myself away from the characters after the book had ended." --Rym Kechacha,Balletco"Snowflakesis the most accurate depiction of company life in professional ballet that I have ever read." --James Fayette, former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet, now New York Area Dance Executive, American Guild of Musical Artists