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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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Ballet and Dance by Linda Doeser
Forward / Preface Authors foreword
Ballet History , Picture and Coffee Table
Publisher St. Martins Press, Inc. 1977 Pages 282   Extensive photographs, black and white
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) 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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Holding On to the Air by Suzanne Farrell with Toni Bentley
Forward / Preface Suzanne Farrell (2002) Edition
Ballet Biography
Publisher University Press of Florida (UPF) 1990, 2002 Pages 322   Some Photos, black and white
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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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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The World of Ballet and Dance by Fernau Hall
Forward / Preface None
Ballet Theater/Production , Ballet History
Publisher The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limitef 1970 Pages 140   Extensive photos, mainly B&W, some color
Concise text used sparingly in support of the exquisite photography, a great survey work of its day.

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