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To Dance on Sands is the autobiography of Marta Becket, artist, dancer, performer and subject of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Amargosa. From her childhood in bohemian New York of the 1920s and 30s to her career as a successful - but often financially insecure - painter, designer and chorus performer on Broadway and television. Beckett tells, in honest prose, the story of the many ups and downs she faced living a life in the arts.In To Dance on Sands, Becket reveals the obstacles she had to overcome on her way to becoming a dancer and artist - a distant, judgmental father she almost never saw.a mother who both encouraged and tried to smother her ambitions.the grueling regimen of rehearsals and auditions. the lack of money and the heartbreak of unrequited love. It's a tale of victories (starring roles as a ballerina), defeats ($10-a-night engagements in the dying days of variety), and her eventual artistic rebirth as the owner, choreographer, and star performer for almost 40 years at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley.
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Artist, dancer and model Marta Becket was born in 1924. As a child in New York City, she saw her first ballet and decided on the spot that she would become a dancer, no matter what. This ambition, together with her love of art, led her to a life that included dancing on Broadway, television and in countless theatres.
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- PublisherStephens Pr Llc
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 193217334X
- ISBN 13 9781932173345
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages340
- EditorMikkelsen Ginger
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