David Hallberg is a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre in New York. He was the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow as a Principal Dancer. He continues to dance around the world and is a Resident Guest Artist with The Australian Ballet. He has also started the David Hallberg Scholarship, mentoring young aspiring boys in a career in ballet, and the Innovation Initiative, a platform for emerging choreographers, both at American Ballet Theatre. A Body of Work is his first book.
"Candid and engrossing...It's about love--crazy, confusing love, an
artist's obsessive love for his art."
*The Washington Post*
"Elegant...fascinating...inspiring...Anyone interested in the
creative process will appreciate this thoughtful account of the
life of an accomplished artist."
*Booklist*
“It comes as no surprise that David Hallberg’s moving and
intelligent memoir should display the extraordinary qualities—of
intelligence, elegance, liveliness and, yes, wit—that have marked
his extraordinary dancing over the past decade. This tale of an
artist’s crisis and astonishing recovery eschews any self-pity,
instead taking power from the strengths characteristic of the best
dancers: resilience, unsentimental self-awareness, and an
inextinguishable joy. A wonderful book for balletomanes and
everyone else.”
*Daniel Mendelsohn*
“David demonstrates well the emotional as well as physical demands
of dance.”
*Twyla Tharp*
"Unsparing...an inside look at...the endless hours of rehearsal,
the preparation that informs the tiniest of details, the constant
traveling, the brief thrill of performance."
*The New York Times*
“An inspiring story of Hallberg's rise to the pinnacle of his
profession and his battle to reclaim his career. A moving…account
of every dancer's worst nightmare and the sacrifices required to
overcome it."
*Kirkus Reviews*
“Performing as effortlessly on the page as he does on the stage,
Hallberg, who returned to ABT in top form this year, writes about
the technicalities of his craft with clarity and precision. Readers
of every taste will find much to relish in his inspiring book
(balletomanes will consume it in a couple of sittings). Should
Hallberg choose to take it on when he retires, a new role may await
him: writer.”
*BookPage*
"What makes A Body of Work a must-read is the raw honesty with
which Hallberg describes the intense lonliness of a jet-setting
career, his oscillation between extreme perfectionism and
uninspired listlessness, and his harrowing mindset as he faced, and
ultimately overcame, what was nearly a career-ending injury."
*Dance Magazine*
"Compelling...for anyone who would like to get to an intimate view
of the creative process and the challenges, dedication, and
euphoria of being an artist....It's a book for everyone with a
heart."
*DC Metro Theater Arts*
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