Books: The dancer who was shadowed; I, Maya Plisetskaya . By Maya Plisetskaya (Yale, pounds 25).(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: December 15, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Reviewed by Richard Edmonds

Can an artist actually retrieve his or her past in an unfractured narrative, or is everything that has gone before coloured in an autobiography by totally subjective invention?

Maya Plisetskaya was one of the foremost Russian ballerinas who rose to a position of supreme eminence during the Stalinist era.

In this arresting and provocative book, the dancer, now in her mid 70s, reflects on her life and her trials, tr...

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