No Way Home A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World

Name: No Way Home A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World
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ISBN: 9781416567165

ISBN-10: 141656716X

ISBN-13: 9781416567165

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Authors: Carlos Acosta

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Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer considered to be one of the world's greatest performers, fearlessly depicts his journey from adolescent troublemaker to international superstar in his captivating memoir,No Way Home. Carlos was just another kid from the slums of Havana; the youngest son of a truck driver and a housewife, he ditched school with his friends and dreamed of becoming Cuba's best soccer player. Exasperated by his son's delinquent behavior, Carlos's father enrolled him in ballet school, subjecting him to grueling days that started at five thirty in the morning and ended long after sunset. The path from student to star was not an easy one. Even as he won dance competitions and wowed…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 12/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




1973-



My Family



The Photograph



Beginning



The First Grand Pli?



Plagued by Uncertainty



With Hate in My Heart



A Prisoner



Pinar del R'o



1989-19939: Take Off



The Grand Prix de Lausanne



History Repeats Itself



Chery+s Decision



London at Eighteen



A Year Without Dancing



Beginning Again



Madrid



1993-2003



Fears and Insecurities



Back in Havana



The World Will Be Mine



Good-bye, Houston



The Lady and the Three Musketeers



A Moment of Happiness


Acknowledgments