A rotten book in and out...shame on me for buying it in the 99 cent rack just to look at his hot ballet body on the cover. By the way...there were MANY copies of this book in the bargain rack...and as I see I am the first one to review this, apparantly I was the only one stupid enough to buy it. But should you find it in a 99 cent rack and like to support the literary dribblings of a self-important egomaniac valiantly trying to make his self-centered life sound interesting; buy all means purchase this tome!!!

I had the opportunity of having the experience of knowing him for short period of time. He is somebody exeptional, He dare to express himself leaving nothing left to hide. truth is raw,and discordant sometimes, but is the truth, If you can't handle the truth? then you shoudn't buy this book. Very Teaching, very meanignful. Dreams aren't always what we dream

4 points concerning this book:1st.,his recollections of life in the "Company"are unparalled.I was at ABT but my association and performing career ended, forever,a few years before Robby joined.Still,I met him in the early 80s through my pal the late (great)Clark Tippet.Robby was then and I presume is now,kind, gentle,giving, and genuine.Truly a sweet soul,and if you read the book, you can find out how he got that way.2nd.,any one interested in dance as it is practiced in the "big leagues"should read this book.If you are expecting some men-in-tights"tell-all dont bother.if you are interested in how this all too fragile art is presented and as necessary, preserved,Robby can tell you.3rd.,if you wish to see choreography discussed in pure form,or simply wish to find some evidence of virtue in an otherwise unvirtouous world, read the book.Robby will make you realize,if you have not before,that dance is the only art-form in which the artist,the performer,is the art.Because the choreographer cannot "direct the performance" to the same degree as a composer, author, conductor,or director,or perhaps to any degree,it is the dancers who are the ballet and thus ,the art.Robby explains this by example and it is both a revelation and a testament to the dancers who create and are that art every night of the season.Finally. if you have ever danced or been privileged"merely"to see one of the performances Robby describes,the book will take you back to that happy time.My own short years of performing sometimes feel almost in my grasp yet forever remain out of reach.Somehow, Robby was able to take me back,to feel the joy of performance he still feels.And,he has taught me to value the dance I have seen,which however "recorded,"is nonetheless gone ,forever.He made me remember Nureyev,and McBride,and Clark,and Robby himself as he died in the arms of his Juliet.Read the book and go back with him.