This first major biography is based on a decade of unprecedented research, "A fascinating read about a true genius and his unrelenting thirst for beauty in art and in life" Mikhail Baryshnikov. Arguable the greatest choreographer who ever lived,
George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century-- The New York timed called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." Long-listed for the Pen/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award-One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, NPR, Oprah Daily.
Author interviewed by Jennifer Prizer, docent, the New York City Ballet
Cosponsored with Harrison Library, Hastings on the Hudson Library, Irvington Library, Mamaroneck Library, New Rochelle Library, White Plains Library, Yonkers Library
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