Just Different by Wayne Sleep - ISBN: 9781399712064
Hardcover
Dance, prejudice, and triumph: A ballet legend’s honest, glittering life.

Just Different

A Memoir

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  • Hardcover

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    11 March 2025

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Summary

‘This is a terrific and very entertaining book considering Wayne once told me that he had never read past page seven of any book.’ - David Hockney

Wayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury and performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend.

Behind the glitz and glamour, Wayne has always felt like an outsider. Sleep reveals the difficulties for a working-class, gay man in handling the prejudices of his g…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399712064
ISBN-10:1399712063
Author:Wayne Sleep
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder & Stoughton
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:11 March 2025
Weight:577g
Dimensions:236mm x 160mm x 32mm
About The Author

Wayne Sleep

Wayne Sleep won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in 1961 and joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966, becoming a Senior Principal Dancer. He has also worked as an actor, including in musical theatre, and as a choreographer he created, directed and appeared in DASH, which for the first time incorporated all genres (including ballet, jazz, tap, and contemporary). He was appointed OBE in 1998 and is the patron of a number of charities. He lives in London and has two entries in the Guinness Book of Records.

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