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Providing a discussion of Balanchine's life and work, this text also explores the legal, financial and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of one of the most famous choreographers of the century.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword

CHAPTER ONE: Choreographer in His Element
CHAPTER TWO: Childhood in Russia
CHAPTER THREE: Monkey-A Student
CHAPTER FOUR: First Choreography
CHAPTER FIVE: Ballet Master to Diaghilev
CHAPTER SIX: Apollo and Prodigal Son
CHAPTER SEVEN: Rootless Years
CHAPTER EIGHT: But First a School
CHAPTER NINE: An Ace Job on the Terp Angle
CHAPTER TEN : Second Beginnings
CHAPTER ELEVEN: God Creates, Woman Inspires, and
Man Assembles
The Making of Agon-A Photo
Essay
CHAPTER TWELVE: Come Back, Come Back, Come
Back
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Essential Tradition
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: What's the Matter with Now?
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: At Seventy
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: An Appetite for Renewal
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Last Year
EPILOGUE: Choreographing the Future
Appendix
Photo Credits
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 08/11/1996
      ISBN13: 9780520206397, 978-0520206397
      ISBN10: 0520206398
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      Biography: arts and entertainment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Providing a discussion of Balanchine's life and work, this text also explores the legal, financial and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of one of the most famous choreographers of the century.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Foreword

      CHAPTER ONE: Choreographer in His Element
      CHAPTER TWO: Childhood in Russia
      CHAPTER THREE: Monkey-A Student
      CHAPTER FOUR: First Choreography
      CHAPTER FIVE: Ballet Master to Diaghilev
      CHAPTER SIX: Apollo and Prodigal Son
      CHAPTER SEVEN: Rootless Years
      CHAPTER EIGHT: But First a School
      CHAPTER NINE: An Ace Job on the Terp Angle
      CHAPTER TEN : Second Beginnings
      CHAPTER ELEVEN: God Creates, Woman Inspires, and
      Man Assembles
      The Making of Agon-A Photo
      Essay
      CHAPTER TWELVE: Come Back, Come Back, Come
      Back
      CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Essential Tradition
      CHAPTER FOURTEEN: What's the Matter with Now?
      CHAPTER FIFTEEN: At Seventy
      CHAPTER SIXTEEN: An Appetite for Renewal
      CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Last Year
      EPILOGUE: Choreographing the Future
      Appendix
      Photo Credits
      Index

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