Review: 'Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in ... - New York Times

Review: 'Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in ...
New York Times
Leonid Yakobson was 17 when he saw a ballet class through a window while selling spices on the streets of Petrograd, Russia, in 1921. “I was a well-built, lightweight lad,” he later recounted. “I thought, 'why not drop in?' ” From that moment, his ...