Mr. B

The 30 hours to the audio was rather intimidating and I thought the author probably went into so much detailed it'd get boring after awhile, or bog down alot. That turned out not to be the case.

Balanchine lived thru some pretty traumatic times: the revolution that ousted and then killed the last Czar, Lenin, Stalin, World War 1, and World War 2. I found it very insightful to see what those times were like for the people and an individual, in particular. It does sound like he was fortunate to stay 1 step ahead of the trauma of the World Wars' fighting and bombings.

I was happy that I made it to the creation of the New York City Ballet before my loan was up.