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Suzanne
Farrell
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Balanchine
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Bernard Taper
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Ballet Biography
Publisher Harper & Row , 1960, 1963 Pages 335 Many photos, black and white |
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| A biography that in building up Balanchine, insults many other ballet greats and institutions. Maybe you'll enjoy it? Balanchines life to the books publication date (1960) | |
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Balanchines New Complete Stories of the Great Ballets
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George Balanchine
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Ballet Stories
Publisher Doubleday , 1954, 1968 Pages 626 some photo, illustration, music, black and white |
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| Discription of ballets C. 1966. | |
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Ballerina - The Art of Women in Classical Ballet
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Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp
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Ballet Biography
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Princton Book Company, Publishers , 1987 Pages 192 Extensive photos, black and white |
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| Companion book to the BBC series of the same name. As a book the work stands on its own, beautifully photographed and documented. Although it is not exhaustive it is informative and broad in scope. | |
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Ballet - an Illustrated History
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Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp
Forward / Preface Antoinette Sibley |
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Ballet History
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Childrens Ballet Story and Other
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Homish Hamilton, Limited , 1992,1973 Pages 304 Extensive photos, black and white |
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| An exquisite text accompanied with many, many plates and photo's, a uniquely guided history book on ballet. | |
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Ballet and Dance
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Linda Doeser
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher St. Martins Press, Inc. , 1977 Pages 282 Extensive photographs, black and white |
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| A survey of larger or more well known ballet and dance companies around the world from the late 1970's. Each company has it's own small chapter. Full of information, packed with beautiful photographs. | |
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Ballet and Modern Dance (with contributions by leading choreographers dancers and critics)
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Kirstein, Bejart, Lanchberry, others
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Ballet Choreography
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Ballet Theater/Production
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Octopus Books Limited, London , 1974 Pages 144 Lavishly photographed, mainly B&W, some color |
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| Unique commentary on the state of the dance c1974. | |
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Dance with Demons the Life of Jerome Robbins
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Greg Lawrence
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Ballet Biography
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York , 2001 Pages 622 Few photos, black and white |
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| A lenghty and detailed biography. Perhaps the most lenghty and detailed, at about 600 pages. Includes interviews with many friends, peers, dancers, and some family. Very few photos. | |
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Danseur: The Male in Ballet
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Richard Philp and Mary Whitney
Forward / Preface Foreword by Robert Joffrey |
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Ballet History
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Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher A Rutledge Book, McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1977 Pages 192 Extensive photographs, black and white |
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| A survey work from the late 1970's, nearly every page has beautiful, well commented photographs of male dancers. The text is rich in historical information relating to the evolution of male ballet dancing. | |
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George Balanchine Ballet Master
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Richard Buckle and John Taras
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Ballet Biography
Publisher Random House, New York , 1988 Pages 500 Few photos, black and white |
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Holding On to the Air
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Suzanne Farrell with Toni Bentley
Forward / Preface Suzanne Farrell (2002) Edition |
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Ballet Biography
Publisher University Press of Florida (UPF) , 1990, 2002 Pages 322 Some Photos, black and white |
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| First printed in 1990 and re-issued in 2002 with a preface by the author. The book is permeated with an obsession for; The Dance, the NYCB, and it's former ballet master, George Balanchine, the partnership these formed. | |
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Pacific Northwest Ballet at 25 "Let's Go On"
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Wayne Johnson
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Ballet History
Publisher Documentary Book Publishers , 1997 Pages 128 Extensive photos, black and white |
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| How to make a ballet company? Do you think it's only all about money - wrong!, this book is for you. A small book, it is surprisingly complex and complete in the many details of this ballet companys history. | |
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Prodigal Son
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Edward Villella with Larry Kaplan
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Ballet Biography
Publisher Simon and Schuster , 1990 Pages 317 Some Photos, black and white |
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| The books subtitle "Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic" sums it up pretty well. Full of surprises for anyone not familiar with this dancers story, as much about Balanchine as it is about his ballets and this dancer personally. | |
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The World of Ballet
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Oleg Kerensky
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Ballet History
Publisher Coward-mcCann, Inc , 1970 Pages 302 Many photos, black and white |
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| Attempt to capture the excitement of the 1970s performing ballet scene. | |
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The World of Ballet and Dance
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Fernau Hall
Forward / Preface None |
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Ballet Theater/Production
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Ballet History
Publisher The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limitef , 1970 Pages 140 Extensive photos, mainly B&W, some color |
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| Concise text used sparingly in support of the exquisite photography, a great survey work of its day. | |
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