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Melissa Hayden
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Balanchine by Bernard Taper
Forward / Preface None
Ballet Biography
Publisher Harper & Row 1960, 1963 Pages 335   Many photos, black and white
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 by George Balanchine
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Ballet Stories
Publisher Doubleday 1954, 1968 Pages 626   some photo, illustration, music, black and white
Discription of ballets C. 1966.

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Ballet and Modern Dance (with contributions by leading choreographers dancers and critics) by Kirstein, Bejart, Lanchberry, others
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Ballet Choreography , Ballet Theater/Production , Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher Octopus Books Limited, London 1974 Pages 144   Lavishly photographed, mainly B&W, some color
Unique commentary on the state of the dance c1974.

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Danseur: The Male in Ballet by Richard Philp and Mary Whitney
Forward / Preface Foreword by Robert Joffrey
Ballet History , Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher A Rutledge Book, McGraw-Hill Book Company 1977 Pages 192   Extensive photographs, black and white
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 by Richard Buckle and John Taras
Forward / Preface None
Ballet Biography
Publisher Random House, New York 1988 Pages 500   Few photos, black and white

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Pacific Northwest Ballet at 25 "Let's Go On" by Wayne Johnson
Forward / Preface Authors preface
Ballet History
Publisher Documentary Book Publishers 1997 Pages 128   Extensive photos, black and white
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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Page by Page by Ruth Page ed. By Andrew M. Wentink
Forward / Preface Editors Introduction
Ballet Autobiography
Publisher Dance Horizons, New York 1978 Pages 224   Many photos, black and white
Highly original collection of diverse writings spanning over 50 years of ballet (1916 to 1974) and some interesting diversions. Pavlova, Balanchine, Nureyev, Russia, India, Chicago, dance and dancing, with a unique common denominator.

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Prodigal Son by Edward Villella with Larry Kaplan
Forward / Preface None
Ballet Biography
Publisher Simon and Schuster 1990 Pages 317   Some Photos, black and white
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 Victor Book of Ballets and Ballet Music by Robert Lawrence
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Ballet Music , Ballet Stories , Ballet History
Publisher Simon and Schuster 1950 Pages 531   some photo, illustration, music, black and white
Discription of ballets C. 1950.

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