George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker

by Robert Gottlieb

Overview

The foremost contemporary choreographer in the history of ballet, George Balanchine extended the art form into radical new paths that came to seem inevitable under his direction. He transformed movement and dance in classical and modern ballet, on the Broadway stage, and in the cinema.

George Balanchine chronicles the life and achievements of this visionary artist from his early, almost accidental career in Russia, where his lifelong collaboration with Igor Stravinsky was forged, to his extraordinary accomplishments in America. The editor and writer Robert Gottlieb, one of the most knowledgeable dance critics in America, offers a superb and loving portrait of a genius who, though married many times to many ballerinas, remained truest to his greatest love, Terpischore, the Greek Muse of dance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062008657
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/17/2024
Series:	Eminent Lives
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
Sales rank:	992,606
File size:	468 KB

About the Author

The former editor in chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker, Robert Gottlieb was on the board of directors of the New York City Ballet for many years. He writes literary criticism for the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, and The New Yorker, and is the dance critic for the New York Observer.

Editorial Reviews

"Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"In this brief yet energetic biography, [Gottlieb] moves briskly through an extraordinarily eventful life." — The New Yorker

"I'd recommend Gottlieb's book for its authority, completeness, and articulate excellence." — Benedict Nightingale, New York Times Book Review

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