a book cover with the title "Illusions of Camelot"

Dancer and Director Peter Boal’s Thoughtful New Memoir Considers the Childhood Turmoil that Would Shape His Approach to Dance

This May, he published his memoir, Illusions of Camelot, with Beaufort Books. It contains a series of reflections on his childhood and adolescence in the wealthy town of Bedford, New York, and then, later, in New York City. Financially and socially, his was a comfortable childhood. But that idyll—the Camelot of the title—concealed a deep vein of turmoil. That contrast between appearance and experience is one of the main themes of his book.

David Hallberg's Latest Role? Author

Let’s recap David Hallberg’s very busy May, shall we? Last week, we announced the American Ballet Theatre principal as our June cover star. On Monday, he starred as Prince Coffee in the New York premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream. And today, news broke that he’s written a memoir. This. Man. Is. On. Fiyah. His […]