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Balanchine: A Biography, With a new epilogue
Bernard Taper
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Description for Balanchine: A Biography, With a new epilogue
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 485.
Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in dance. For this edition the author has added a thoughtful yet dramatic account of the working out of Balanchine's legacy, from the making of his controversial will to the present day. The author explores the intriguing legal, financial, and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of the greatest choreographer of the century, but the central plot of his epilogue is the aesthetic issue: In the absence of their creator, can the ballets retain their ... Read more
Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in dance. For this edition the author has added a thoughtful yet dramatic account of the working out of Balanchine's legacy, from the making of his controversial will to the present day. The author explores the intriguing legal, financial, and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of the greatest choreographer of the century, but the central plot of his epilogue is the aesthetic issue: In the absence of their creator, can the ballets retain their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
413
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
413
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520206397
SKU
V9780520206397
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About Bernard Taper
Bernard Taper is Emeritus Professor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
Reviews for Balanchine: A Biography, With a new epilogue
The most readable and reliable introduction to the sphinxlike Russian who inspired his own brand of balletomania from the Diaghilev era to the present day.
Marcia B. Siegel, Washington Post Book World
Marcia B. Siegel, Washington Post Book World