Winterdanse

The Misplaced Art of Snow Ballet

Michael Russell

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English

Nonesmanneslond
08 April 2022

Performance art; Biography: sport; Skiing

Recipient of the 2023 International Skiing History Association's Ullr Book Award.

The story of ballet skiing is one of unrealized adulthood: a child of clashing influences became a mentor-deprived adolescent, ultimately orphaned and abandoned while searching for self. This wandering youngster answered to a m�lange of shifting monikers - Trick, Exotic, Hotdog, Freestyle, Stunt, Ballet, Acro - with Skiing for a surname and blessings by officialdom as inspiration. Winterdanse contemplates the foreshortened life of snow skiing's most creative discipline from the perspective of an athlete who presented it as art, and who understood what was required to sustain it. Or foster its return.

Richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, letters, journal entries, competition documents, performance programs, and news-article excerpts spanning 50 years, Winterdanse is not just about skiing, but about innovation, discovery, and the influence of contemporary culture on sport and art. It is about finding oneself on a road, a good road but not the right road, only to discern that the right road does not yet exist. It is about building a new road with little more than the conviction that it can be built. It is about thinking independently and owning the consequences.

By: Michael Russell
Imprint: Nonesmanneslond
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.048kg
ISBN: 9780999873076
ISBN 10: 0999873075
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 08 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Russell was inspired by an exuberant mentor in high school to pursue writing and teaching as a dual career, but uninspiring university classes were interrupted by a higher calling. His passion for innovative physical endeavors led to his winning three world cups in ballet skiing and the creation of SnowDance-a first-of-its-kind theatrical dance company on skis-and inspirited a life-long dedication to achieving excellence in every quest. He has been a business manager, photographer, U.S. Freestyle Ski Team captain, stage actor, musician, logger, bartender, mechanic, motorcoach operator, teacher, builder, and uncompromising advocate for individual rights. He wrote HONOR STUDENT in 1989, a revised edition 30 years later, ONCE UPON A TIME ON A BICYCLE in 2018, WINTERDANSE: THE MISPLACED ART OF SNOW BALLET in 2022, and in 2024, THE UNFOUNDING OF AMERICA. He resides off-grid in a secluded mountain range with his wife, German shepherds, and wild-animal neighbors.