How to Dance Forever: Surviving Against the Odds
For those who understand that a dancer's career is short, Nagrina leading modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher for more than 40 yearsis here to say that that need not be the case. The book includes chapters on diet, doctors, meditation, and tricks of the trade. But although the subject matter is of interest, the book has serious failings: Nagrin's writing style is uneven and irritating, and at times overly flamboyant and didactic; and most of his observations are so personal that they seem inapplicable to others. Concluding this work, he writes: "Not for one moment am I certain of a single statement or thought." Recommended only for dance collections. Joan Stahl, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., BaltimoreCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.