Fernando Bujones, an autobiography.
Author: Bujones, Fernando & Zeida Cecilia-Mendez Published: 2009 This story takes the reader through Bujones' escape from Cuba at age 9, to his start as a gifted scholarship student at the School of American Ballet; his rise as the youngest principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, the first American dancer to win the Gold Medal at Varna International Competitions, to the tumultuous years that followed Mikhail Baryshnikov's takeover of ABT, and his subsequent international career. His story is documented in this book of memories, not only by his own writings, but by those of the reviewers and dance critics who wrote of his performances, as well as by others whose lives were touched by him. |