Russian ballet style, 211, 216, 218–219, 243–244, 259–260, 292
Sanduny bathhouse (banya), 264–267, 312
theater, described, 135–136, 179, 212–213, 224–225, 311
on tour in U.S., 327–332
Alexander Vetrov (Sasha) as coach, 214–219, 221–222, 226, 230–231, 243–244, 246, 248, 251, 260, 270, 271, 312, 323–324, 330–332
bows and curtain calls, 105–106, 140–141, 162, 226–227, 255–256, 301, 320, 404
Bright Stream, The
American Ballet Theater (ABT), 169–172
Bolshoi Ballet, 169–170
Brittany, partner in Sleeping Beauty pas de deux (School of Ballet Arizona), 57–58
Bruhn, Erik, 95, 105, 119–120
Erik Bruhn Prize competition (Toronto), 89–94
bullying and teasing of DH, 22–24, 27–28, 170–172, 285–286
at Desert Shadows Middle School (Phoenix), 33–35, 39–40, 41
at Paris Opera Ballet School, 73–80, 315, 317, 318
Burmann, Wilhelm (“Willy”), 296–297
cabriole, 329–330
cabriole derrière, 259–260
La Casa de Cristo Lutheran church (Phoenix), 34–35, 287
CBS News Sunday Morning, 203
chassé, 379
“chookas” (good luck in Australia), 162, 163
Chudin, Semyon, 263–267, 281, 312
coaches of DH. See teachers and coaches of DH
Cojocaru, Alina, in Giselle (ABT), 329–330
Colbert, Stephen, 258
complex regional pain syndrome (RSD), 341, 343
Condé Nast Traveler, 332
Connelly, Megan, 355, 356, 362–365, 371–374, 378–379, 380–383, 385–386, 388–391, 396, 401–402
Corella, Angel, 69, 82, 118
Le Corsaire (ABT), 67–68, 153–154, 303, 305–306
Côte, Guillaume, 201
Covent Garden (London), 188
Cuba, 155–157
International Ballet Festival, 155–157
National Ballet of Cuba, 156–157
Cunningham, Merce, 303
dance attire, 8–9, 28–29, 47, 50, 53–54
Dance Magazine, 65, 68
Dancentre (Phoenix), 24, 28–29, 39
Daugherty, Julie, 304, 358–359
dégagé, 10
Delibes, Léo, 96
Desert Shadows Middle School (Phoenix), 33–40, 41
développé, 10
DH. See Hallberg, David (DH)
Diaghilev, Sergei, 273
“Diamonds,” in Jewels, Bolshoi Ballet, 292–294
Dionysian dancers, 65–66, 168
Dmitrichenko, Pavel, 309–310
Don Quixote
American Ballet Theater (ABT), 82
in Big Five of ballet, 143
Bolshoi Ballet, 137, 230, 238
double saut de basque, 255
double tour en l’air, 92, 110, 179, 260, 386
Dowell, Anthony, 105
Dupond, Patrick, 77
Dvorovenko, Irina, in Symphony in C, 1st movement (ABT), 86–88, 134
Ecstasy, 55, 343
en bas steps, 316
en dedans pirouette, 51
en dehors pirouette, 51
Erik Bruhn Prize competition (Toronto), 89–94
Escoda, Cristina (“Tina”), 180
Fancy Free (ABT), 335–336
Farrell, Suzanne, 275
Fateyev, Yuri
as coach of DH, 146–151, 165–166, 184, 187–191, 194–195, 198
described, 146
and DH offer as Premier Dancer with Bolshoi, 194–195
first meets DH, 146, 148
teaching style, 148–151, 189–191
Ferri, Alessandra, 297
Filin, Sergei
attacked in Moscow, 307–310
background, 178, 242
as Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director, 178–179, 181–185, 246, 307–310
DH offer to become Premier Dancer with Bolshoi, 181–185, 207, 246
Firebird (ABT), 273–276
fish dive, 57
Flames of Paris (Bolshoi Ballet), 127–128, 177–178, 230
flowers, 162, 226, 284, 402
Fokine, Mikhail, 144, 273
fondu, 10
Fonteyn, Margot, 82, 116, 275–276
frappé, 10
Frey, Katharine, 29–30
Gazinskaya, Vika, 281–282, 283–285
Genia (Sanduny bathhouse attendant), 265–267, 284
Gerdt, Pavel, 98
Gillert, Victor, 136
Giselle
American Ballet Theater (ABT), 65–66, 119, 128–134, 147, 329–330, 399–404
Bolshoi Ballet, 128, 137–141, 211, 214, 217, 221–227, 238, 269–271, 291, 327, 328–329
glissade, 146, 243, 324, 334, 335
Globus Gourmet (Moscow), 257–258
Gomes, Marcelo, 67–68, 69, 201, 271, 276, 335–336
Graffin, Guillaume, 97–106, 147, 244
background, 97–98
as coach for Swan Lake (ABT, shorter version), 97–106, 118
grand allegro, 386, 405
grand battements, 10
grand jeté, 76–77, 295
“Grand Pas Classique” (ABT), 89–94, 134–137
Grigorovich, Yuri Nikolayevich, 139
Giselle (Bolshoi Ballet), 269–271
The Nutcracker (Bolshoi Ballet), 277–279
The Sleeping Beauty (Bolshoi Ballet), 232–233, 242, 244–249, 253
Spartacus (Bolshoi Ballet), 275, 323–324
Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet), 330–332
Guest Artists
American Ballet Theater (ABT), 128–134, 208–209
Bolshoi Ballet, 134–141
dancer attitudes toward, 158–160, 162, 193–194
DH as Guest Artist with The Australian Ballet, 157–163, 351
DH as Guest Artist with Mariinsky Ballet, 143–144, 146–151, 165–166, 187–191, 315
role of, 193–194
Guillem, Sylvie, 77, 350–351
Hallberg, Brian (brother), 17–18, 20, 44, 402
Hallberg, David (DH)
ambition and, 68–69, 82–85, 291–298, 303–305, 312–313, 317, 321–325
in American Ballet Theater (ABT). See American Ballet Theater (ABT)
at Arizona School for the Arts (ASA, Phoenix), 41, 47, 75, 76–77
at The Australian Ballet. See Australian Ballet, The
ballet performances. See ballet performances of DH; partnering by DH
in the Bolshoi Ballet. See Bolshoi Ballet and Theatre (Moscow)
bullying and teasing. see bullying and teasing of DH
explorations outside classical ballet, 120–125, 173–175, 303–305
family background, 17–24
injuries. See injuries of DH
jazz dancing. See jazz dancing of DH
at Mariinsky Ballet. See Mariinsky Ballet and Theatre (St. Petersburg)
in Minneapolis, 17–23, 124
parental support for dance, 52–53, 66, 71, 76, 135, 154–155, 200, 202–203, 251, 254, 331, 337–338, 365, 395–396, 402
at Paris Opera Ballet, 315–320
at Paris Opera Ballet School. See Paris Opera Ballet School
partnering. See partnering by DH
in Phoenix, Arizona. See Phoenix, Arizona
in Rapid City, South Dakota, 17, 333
self-acceptance, 79–80, 134
sexual identity. See sexual identity of DH
smoking, 347, 353, 357, 367, 368, 388
solitude and self-sufficiency, 79–80, 85, 88, 163–164, 207, 213, 217, 235, 278–279, 281, 306, 338, 341, 347, 360–362, 372, 381–382
tap dancing. See tap dancing of DH
teachers and coaches. See teachers and coaches of DH
on The Washington Ballet board of directors, 62–63
Han, Kee Juan, 47–63
background, 48
described, 47–48
D
H jazz dancing and, 47, 48, 50
DH shift in relationship, 61–63, 328–329
partnering instruction, 57–58
teaching style, 48–53, 54, 58–60, 61, 69–70, 96, 98, 149, 190, 328–329
Vaganova method and, 58–60
at Washington School of Ballet, 62–63
Hendricks, Robyn, 396
Herrera, Paloma, 82, 201
Hill, Robert, 107–108
Imperial Russian Ballet (St. Petersburg), 143
Imperial Theatre, 99
injuries of DH, 2–5. See also physiotherapy team in Australia
adjustments to Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet), 330–332
anger and, 364, 372–374, 380
ankle sprain in Bolshoi Sleeping Beauty, 255–256, 304
broken right foot, 304–306, 311–312
complex regional pain syndrome (RSD), 341, 343
complications after surgery, 340–343
cortisone injection, 333–335
crutches, 3–4, 306, 339–340
first surgery, 3, 335–336, 337–338
hope and, 4–5, 374, 379–380, 388–391
insertional Achilles tendinopathy, 376–377
left ankle sprain, 329–330
life in Melbourne, Australia, 360–362, 367–369
muscle atrophy, 306, 339, 345–346, 356
pain in left foot, 321, 322, 324, 329
remedial ballet, 339, 340, 341–342, 345–346, 356, 362–365, 371–374, 378–379, 380, 385–386, 388–391
rest, 367–369
return to American Ballet Theater stage, 399–404
return to ballet stage in Australia, 393–397
second surgery, 3–4, 342, 343–344
two-year hiatus from dance, 15, 355–397
insertional Achilles tendinopathy, 376–377
Isouart, Gil, 318
Ivanov, Lev, 98, 99
Jack (friend of DH), 36–38, 41–45
Japan
DH as ABT Principal, 154–155
DH in Corps de Ballet, 153–154
jazz dancing of DH
Dancentre (Phoenix), 24, 28–29, 39
Kee Juan Han and, 47, 48, 50
on Kid Tech (TV pilot), 36–37
school talent show, 24–25
jetés, 221
Jewels
“Diamonds,” Bolshoi Ballet, 292–294
New York City Ballet, 275, 292
Judson Church (New York City), 120–121
jumps, big male, 148, 216, 219, 243–244, 248, 255–256, 260, 323–324
Kaptsova, Nina, in The Nutcracker (Bolshoi Ballet), 278–279
Karsavina, Tamara, 143–144
Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), 87–88, 327, 328–329, 340
Kent, Julie, in The Picture of Dorian Gray (ABT), 107–108
ketamine, 343–344
Kid Tech (TV pilot), 36–37
kinesthetic (muscle) memory, 100, 217, 248, 399
Kings of the Dance tour, 200–202, 259
Kirkland, Gelsey, 275, 295
Kirov Ballet, 139, 144. See also Mariinsky Ballet and Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Kitchen, The (New York City), 120–121
Kolpakova, Irina, 129–130, 144
Kondaurova, Ekaterina, as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake (Mariinsky Ballet), 190
Korobtsov, Andrei, 288–289
Lacotte, Pierre, 321–322
Lefèvre, Brigitte, 319
Legris, Manuel, 77
Leutwyler, Henry, 332
Lifar, Serge, 116
Lippa, Emma, 390
Lockett, Brooke, 351, 396
Lopukhov, Fyodor, 170
Los Angeles Times, 259
Lost Illusions (Bolshoi Ballet), 317, 321
Louis XIV (France), 78
Lubovitch, Lar, 121
Luckett, Clinton, 339, 401
Lunkina, Svetlana, in “Diamonds” in Jewels (Bolshoi Ballet), 293–294
Macaulay, Alastair, 199
MacMillan, Kenneth, 90
Makarova, Natalia, 69, 90, 144, 199, 271
La Bayadère (ABT), 139–140, 175
support for DH Bolshoi position, 201–202, 231
Malakhov, Vladimir, 65, 85, 118, 199, 305
manèges, 52–53, 139, 149–150
Manon bedroom pas de deux (ABT), 89–94
Marco Spada (Bolshoi Ballet), 238, 240, 311, 321–322
Mariinsky Ballet and Theatre (St. Petersburg), 66, 139, 143–151
Yuri Fateyev as coach of DH, 146–151, 165–166, 184, 187–191, 194–195, 198
history of, 143–144, 187
The Sleeping Beauty (DH as Guest Artist), 143–144, 146–151, 189, 315
Swan Lake (DH as Guest Artist), 165–166, 187–191
theater, described, 145–146, 187–189
on tour in Washington, DC, 165–166
Vaganova method and, 58
Marley floors, 156, 224–225
Marshall, Peter, 304, 358–359
Martin, Kirsty, in The Nutcracker (The Australian Ballet), 161–162
Martins, Peter, 65, 116
Matvienko, Denis, 201
Mayes, Sue, 350–353, 355–357, 359, 375–376, 377, 379–383, 386–388, 391, 396, 402
McAllister, David, 157, 395
McKenzie, Kevin
as Artistic Director of American Ballet Theater, 65–66, 68–69, 72, 81–85, 95, 99, 113, 115, 117–118, 129–130, 194, 351–352
background, 72, 90–91
described, 91
and DH offer as Premier Dancer with Bolshoi, 194
and Erik Bruhn Prize competition (Toronto), 89–94
injuries of DH and, 351–352, 399–404
reworking of Swan Lake, 99, 103, 105–106
and Studio Company of ABT, 81–84
Mearns, Sara, 275
Medvedev, Dmitri, 251, 253–254
Meehan, John, 81–84
“Merde,” 14, 319
Merry Widow, The (ABT), 82
Metropolitan Opera House, 61–62
ABT seasons in, 69, 84–85, 111–114, 175, 198, 298–301, 341–342, 399–404
dressing rooms, 136
mime, 29–30, 100–101
Minneapolis
DH early years in, 17–23
Walker Art Center, 124
Moment Musicaux No. 2 (Schubert), 11
morning class
ABT, 7–12, 345–346, 404–405
barre meditation, 157, 244
barre spots, 9, 138, 213
Bolshoi Ballet, 138, 157, 212–213
in Cuba, 156–157
dance attire, 8–9
interplay among dancers, 12–13
music in, 11
Paris Opera, 318
at Paris Opera Ballet School, 77, 157
structure of, 9–10
Mortimer, Sam and Karen, 333
Moscow. See Bolshoi Ballet and Theatre (Moscow)
Mukhamedov, Irek, 120
Murphy, Gillian, 108–111
experimentation by, 297
as Giselle in Giselle (ABT), 399–404
as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (ABT), 108
in The Nutcracker (ABT), 108
in Pillar of Fire (ABT), 108
preshow naps, 13
in Theme and Variations (ABT), 108, 110–111, 180–181
muscle memory, 100, 217, 248, 399
naps, 13
National Ballet of Cuba, 156–157
Neurontin, 341
New York City
Bolshoi Ballet on tour, 327
DH explorations outside classical ballet, 120–125, 173–175, 303–305
DH first surgery, 337–338
DH leaves for Australia hiatus from dance, 15, 355–397
DH life in, 257, 259, 285, 368–369
New York City Ballet, 134, 169, 187, 275, 296–297
New York Times, 199–200
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 144
Novikova, Ekaterina, 309
Nureyev, Rudolf, 65, 69, 95, 105,
144, 187, 199, 298
as director of Paris Opera Ballet, 97, 315–317
The Sleeping Beauty (Paris Opera Ballet), 315–320, 322
Swan Lake (Paris Opera Ballet), 123, 322–323
Nutcracker, The
American Ballet Theater, 108, 122
The Australian Ballet, 157–163, 351
Ballet Arizona, 29–31, 47, 51
in Big Five of ballet, 143
Bolshoi Ballet, 277–279
Obama, Barack, 340
Obraztsovea, Evgenia (Genia), Russian Orthodox wedding, 287–289
Onegin (Bolshoi Ballet), 238
Osipova, Natalia (“Natasha”), 127–141, 144–145, 175, 199
in the Bolshoi Ballet, 127–128, 137–141, 167, 177–178, 211, 217, 230
as Firebird in Firebird (ABT), 276
in Flames of Paris (Bolshoi Ballet), 127–128, 177–178, 230
as Giselle in Giselle (ABT), 129–134, 217, 221–227, 271
as Giselle in Giselle (Bolshoi Ballet), 137–141, 211
as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (ABT), 295, 298–301
leaves Bolshoi Ballet, 229–230
oxycodone, 4
Palais Garnier (Paris), 78–79
Parish, Xander, 188
Paris Opera Ballet, 66, 97
La Bayadère, 66
in Grande Défilé with Paris Opera Ballet School, 78–79
School. See Paris Opera Ballet School
The Sleeping Beauty, 315–320, 322
and students at Paris Opera Ballet School, 74, 78–79
Swan Lake, 123, 322–323
Veronique Doisneau (film), 122–123, 124
Paris Opera Ballet School, 73–80
Claude Bessy as director, 73–74, 77, 78
bullying and teasing of DH, 73–80, 315, 317, 318
DH acceptance to, 70–71, 72
DH and French language, 70, 71, 79
DH applies to, 70
French ballet style, 77
in Grande Défilé with Paris Opera Ballet, 78–79
partnering by DH
Brittany, Sleeping Beauty pas de deux (School of Ballet Arizona), 57–58
Alina Cojocaru, Giselle (ABT), 329–330
Irina Dvorovenko, Symphony in C, 1st movement (ABT), 86–88, 134
instruction by Kee Juan Han, 57–58
instruction by Kevin McKenzie, 90–94, 103, 105–106, 129–130
Nina Kaptsova, The Nutcracker (Bolshoi Ballet), 278–279
Julie Kent, The Picture of Dorian Gray (ABT), 107–108
Ekaterina Kondaurova, The Sleeping Beauty (Mariinsky Ballet), 190
Svetlana Lunkina, “Diamonds” in Jewels (Bolshoi Ballet), 293–294
Kirsty Martin, The Nutcracker (The Australian Ballet), 161–162
Gillian Murphy
Giselle (ABT), 399–404
Nutcracker (ABT), 108
Pillar of Fire (ABT), 108
Romeo and Juliet (ABT), 108
Theme and Variations (ABT), 108, 110–111, 180–181
Natalia Osipova (“Natasha”)
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