But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet, for there is no mistaking that Harry is a prodigy. She quits ballet, marries a good man, and settles in California with him and their son, Harry. She will rise no higher than the corps, one dancer among many.Īfter her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan plots to make a new life for herself. She will never possess Arslan, and she will never be a prima ballerina. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the background. A gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations.Īstonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975.
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