{"product_id":"9781925556575","title":"Built for Ballet","description":"Author: Benjamin, Leanne\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925556575\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Black Inc\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Nov 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis autobiography by Leanne Benjamin with Sarah Crompton reveals the extraordinary life and career of one of the worldmost important ballet dancers of the past fifty years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book takes you behind the scenes to find a real understanding of the pleasure and the pain, the demands and the intense commitment it requires to become a ballet dancer. \u003cbr\u003eItpersonal point of view, how ballet has changed and is changing. \u003cbr\u003eItcreated ballet in its modern form and now she works with the dancers of today, handing on all she has known and learnt. \u003cbr\u003eBut itpsychology of achievement, how you go from being a child in small town Rockhampton in the centre of Australia to being a power on the worldcopes with the ups and downs of that kind of career. \u003cbr\u003eItFonteyn, Kenneth MacMillan, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darcey Bussell, Carlos Acosta to name a few. President Clinton, Michelle Obama, Diana Princess of Wales and David Beckham all make an appearance. \u003cbr\u003eBut it is also a book of small moments of insight: what makes a performance special, how you recover from injury, illness and child-birth; how you combine athletic and artistic prowess with motherhood, how a different partner can alter everything, what itithuman terms, why women get the reputation for being difficult in a world where being a good girl is too much prized. And what they can do about it.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198025150622,"sku":"UBD-9781925556575","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925556575.jpg?v=1787745793","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925556575","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}