| Description |
241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Illustrator information from title page verso. |
| Contents |
Letter to the reader -- Getting your dream job is as easy as ABT -- JbDubs & Ühu Betch -- Nancy -- How I met Jesus Christ on Grindr -- Coming out in Y2K -- A boom box and a box cutter -- Dick college -- All my pets are dead -- Al -- Stranded in Casablanca -- Loathe, revile, abhor, detest! -- The tenant: a near-death experience -- Why not? |
| Summary |
There's a mark on every stage around the world that signifies the center of its depth and width: it is called "center center." Whiteside has dreamed of standing on that very mark as a principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre ever since he was a twelve-year-old blown away by watching the company's spring gala. Here he tells us the story of how he got to be a primo ballerino, as well as tales of the two alter egos he created to subvert the strict classical rigor of ballet: JbDubs, an out-and-proud pop musician, and Ühu Betch, an over-the-top drag queen named after Yoohoo chocolate milk. The result is a raunchy, curious, and unapologetic celebration of queerness, self-expression, friendship, sex, creativity, and pushing boundaries that will entertain you, shock you, inspire you... and maybe even make you cry-- Adapted from jacket. |
| Subject |
Whiteside, James.
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Ballet dancers -- United States -- Biography.
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American Ballet Theatre.
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Male dancers -- United States -- Biography.
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Sexual minorities -- United States -- Biography.
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Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
O'Connor, Teddy, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780593297834 hardcover |
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0593297830 hardcover |
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