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Allegra Kent
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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 Forward / Preface Author
Ballet Stories Publisher Doubleday , 1954, 1968 Pages 626 some photo, illustration, music, black and white
Discription of ballets C. 1966.

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Ballerina - The Art of Women in Classical Ballet by Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp Forward / Preface None
Ballet Biography , Ballet History , Picture and Coffee Table Publisher Princton Book Company, Publishers , 1987 Pages 192 Extensive photos, black and white
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 by Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp Forward / Preface Antoinette Sibley
Ballet History , Childrens Ballet Story and Other , Picture and Coffee Table Publisher Homish Hamilton, Limited , 1992,1973 Pages 304 Extensive photos, black and white
An exquisite text accompanied with many, many plates and photo's, a uniquely guided history book on ballet.

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Ballet and Modern Dance (with contributions by leading choreographers dancers and critics) by Kirstein, Bejart, Lanchberry, others Forward / Preface None
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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Once a Dancer by Allegra Kent Forward / Preface None
Ballet Autobiography Publisher St Martins Press , 1997 Pages 340 Some photos (nice ones!), black and white
Fascinating and compelling reading by this dancer. Revealing and personal - this is an excellent insight into a remarkable ballerina.

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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 World of Ballet by Oleg Kerensky Forward / Preface None
Ballet History Publisher Coward-mcCann, Inc , 1970 Pages 302 Many photos, black and white
Attempt to capture the excitement of the 1970s performing ballet scene.