Posted by sb417 on September 10, 2004, at 21:53:08
In reply to Re: Can anyone recommend a good (auto)biography? » sb417, posted by KaraS on September 10, 2004, at 17:49:30
Hi Kara,
In addition to the autobiography of Suzanne Farrell, there is a beautiful documentary about her that PBS aired several years ago. That film is available on video. The title is "ELUSIVE MUSE." Suzanne Farrell and other dancers are interviewed throughout the film, and most important of all, the film contains a lot of archival footage and stills of Suzanne Farrell and the New York City Ballet dancing in the company's heyday. I highly recommend the video, perhaps even more than I recommend the book I mentioned yesterday, because on the video, you can see her dancing. Some of the dance sequences are so achingly beautiful and moving that there have been times when I couldn't bear to watch them. I mean, there have been times in the last few years, after great loss, when I felt so overwhelmed with emotion that I couldn't tolerate any more. Nevertheless, the film and the book are most inspiring. As one of the other dancers said, "Suzanne is a goddess."
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