Just Different: A Memoir
by Wayne Sleep
UK postage is £2.95, or free for orders over £60.
Available
online
Available
in Bath
Available
in Edinburgh
Available
in Ely
Available
in St Andrews
Description
In his intimate memoir, legendary ballet dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep looks back on the extraordinary times he’s lived through.
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 generation and living through the Aids epidemic. Wayne was also the shortest principal dancer in the Royal Ballet - he had to spin twice as fast and jump twice as high to succeed.
In this moving - but also laugh-out-loud and gossip filled - memoir, Wayne Sleep shows how he danced his way to success, fulfilment and love, and how he overcame obstacles and prejudice along the way.
Details
Just Different: A Memoir
by Wayne Sleep
ISBN
9781399712064
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Binding
Hardback
Publication date
Oct. 31, 2024
Dimensions
23.6cm x 16.0cm x 3.2cm